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Lesser Ury

Birnbaum/Poznań 1861 – 1931 Berlin

”Brandenburger Tor vom Pariser Platz aus gesehen, Berlin”. (before) 1928

Oil on canvas. Relined. 35 × 50,5 cm (13 ¾ × 19 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Lesser Ury. ”Brandenburger Tor vom Pariser Platz aus gesehen, Berlin”. (before) 1928.

Estimate:

EUR 80,000

 

- 120,000

USD 95,200

 

- 143,000

Sold for:

187,500 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer 2021

Selected Works, Thursday, 10.06.2021

Information

Oil on canvas. Relined. 35 × 50,5 cm (13 ¾ × 19 ⅞ in.). Signed lower left: L. Ury. Accompanied by a certificate by Dr. Sibylle Groß, Berlin, dated 4 May 2021. The oil painting will be included in the catalogue raisonné of paintings, pastels, gouaches and watercolours by Lesser Ury by Dr. Sibylle Groß, Berlin (in preparation).

Estate of the artist / Karl Schwarz, Berlin (acquired 1932 at the estate-auction) / Leo Kern, Mainz (acquired between 1932 and 1936, until recently in family collection, USA)

Lesser Ury. Neue Bilder aus zwei Weltstädten (Paris und Berlin u. a.). Berlin, Kunst Kammer Martin Wasservogel, 1928, cat. no. 23 („Brandenburger Tor“), ill. pl. IX

Anton Mayer: Lesser Ury, Ausstellung in der Kunstkammer Wasservogel. In: 8 Uhr Abend Blatt, Berlin, 29.3.1928, 2nd supplement (Brandenburger Tor) / Auction catalogue: Der künstlerische Nachlaß von Lesser Ury, 129 Ölgemälde, 123 Pastelle. Berlin, Paul Cassirer, 21.10.1932, cat. no. 110, ill. p. 42 / Preisbericht Paul Cassirer, Berlin, 21. Oktober 1932 Estate, Lesser-Ury. In: Die Weltkunst, vol. VI, no. 45, 6.11.1932, (no.110: 450 Reichsmark) / Joachim Seyppel: Lesser Ury. Der Maler der alten City. Leben, Kunst, Wirkung. Eine Monographie. Berlin, Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1987, p. 206, no. 416 (Brandenburger Tor)

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