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Lesser Ury

Birnbaum/Poznań 1861 – 1931 Berlin

”Selbstbildnis”. Circa 1924

Oil on canvas. Relined. 46,5 × 35,5 cm (18 ¼ × 14 in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Lesser Ury. ”Selbstbildnis”. Circa 1924.

Estimate:

EUR 15,000

 

- 20,000

USD 14,600

 

- 19,400

Sold for:

15,000 EUR (incl. premium)

Winter Auctions 2022

Modern Art, Friday, 02.12.2022

Information

Oil on canvas. Relined. 46,5 × 35,5 cm (18 ¼ × 14 in.). On the reverse the round label with the (hardly legible) stamp: NACHL[ASS] LESSER U[RY] Inv. No. Portfolio numbered in blue coloured pencil: 300. With a certificate (in copy) by Dr. Sibylle Groß, Berlin, dated 13 September 2010. The painting will be included in the catalogue raisonné of paintings, pastels, gouaches and watercolours by Lesser Ury by Dr. Sibylle Groß, Berlin (in preparation). Framed

Estate of the artist / Julius Schlesinger, Berlin/Johannesburg (since 1932) / S. Schlesinger, daughter-in-law of the previous owner / Private Collection, Hamburg / Private Collection, Switzerland

Lesser Ury, Gedenk-Ausstellung. Berlin, National-Galerie, 1931, cat. no. 91 / Lesser Ury, Zauber des Lichts. Berlin, Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum, 1995/96, cat. no. 20, ill. p. 129 / Lesser Ury. Bilder der Bibel, Der Malerradierer. Berlin, Stiftung “Neue Synagoge Berlin – Centrum Judaicum“ and Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum, 2002, p. 120

Auction catalogue: Der künstlerische Nachlaß von Lesser Ury, 129 Ölgemälde, 123 Pastelle. Berlin, Paul Cassirer, 21.10.1932, cat. no. 89, ill. p. 33 / Joachim Seyppel: Lesser Ury, Der Maler der alten City. Leben, Kunst, Wirkung, Eine Monographie. Berlin, Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1987, cat. no. 319 / Sale 4385: Impressionist and Modern Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture. London, Christie’s, 19.10.1990, cat. no. 105, ill.

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