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Lesser Ury

Birnbaum/Poznań 1861 – 1931 Berlin

”Der Angler”. 1900

Charcoal on yellowish light cardboard. 91,5 × 55,5 cm (36 × 21 ⅞ in.).
This picture shows the following artwork: Lesser Ury. ”Der Angler”. 1900.

Estimate:

EUR 12,000

 

- 15,000

USD 13,500

 

- 16,900

Sold for:

12,700 EUR (incl. premium)

Summer Auctions 2025

Modern Art, Friday, 06.06.2025

Information

Charcoal on yellowish light cardboard. 91,5 × 55,5 cm (36 × 21 ⅞ in.). Signed and inscribed lower left: L. Ury. s. l. Freunde E M Lilien. Accompanied by a certificate by Dr. Sibylle Groß, Berlin, dated 28 April 2025. Slight time staining. Imperfections in the margin. Framed

Ephraim Moses Lilien, Berlin, later Braunschweig / Helene Lilien, Copenhagen-Hellerup (until1960) / Galerie Alex Vömel, Dusseldorf (presumably acquired 1960 at Hauswedell & Nolte, Hamburg) / Irwin Hirsey, New York (1960/61 acquired at Galerie Vömel, Dusseldorf) / Galerie Dr. Bühler, Munich (1990) / Private Collection, Ireland (until 1998) / Private Collection, Southern Germany (acquired 1998 at Grisebach, Berlin)

Lesser Ury und das Licht. Baden-Baden, Museum für Kunst und Technik des 19. Jahrhunderts, 2014, without cat. no., ill. p. 28 / Lesser Ury, der Einzelgänger unter den „Deutschen Impressionisten“. Edenkoben, Schloss Villa Ludwigshöhe, Max Slevogt-Galerie, 2019, cat. no. 33, ill. p. 97 (dated: 1900)

Martin Buber: Lesser Ury. Berlin, Jüdischer Verlag, 1903, ill. p. 58 / [Aemil] Fendler: Lesser Ury. In: Illustrirte Zeitung, no. 3123, 7. May 1903, p. 694–697, ill. p. 695 / Auction 101: Graphik, Handzeichnungen, painting, Plastik. Hamburg, Hauswedell & Nolte, 26.11.1960, cat. no. 674 („Angler in Berlin") / Joachim Seyppel: Lesser Ury. Der Maler der alten City. Leben - Kunst - Wirkung. Eine Monographie. Berlin, Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1987, p. 203, no. 165 / Auction 63: Ausgewählte Werke. Berlin, Villa Grisebach Auktionen, 5.6.1998, cat. no. 5, ill. / Sabine Lata: Lesser Ury. Maler der Moderne. Berlin, BebBra Verlag, 2023, ill. p. 88

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