Lesser Ury (b. Birnbaum 1861, d. Berlin 1931)
Landscape with big trees and grazing cows. Signed and dated L. Ury 1912 Walcheren. Pastel on cardboard. Visible size 48×70 cm.
Provenance: Acquired in Germany in 1930 by a Danish-German couple. Since then passed on within the present owner's family.
According to Dr. Sibylle Groß, Lesser Ury departs on a longer journey to Holland in 1912–13. The motifs he paints during the stay, rarely depicts the cityscapes, which he is otherwise known for. Instead he dedicates his work to the countryside. Lesser Ury spends quite some time on the Walcheren peninsula in Zeeland, which a number of paintings from the town of Domburg bears witness to. Though modest of size, Domburg was once an international meeting place for famous painters, including the artists Jan Toorop and Piet Mondrian.
A year later Ury’s Dutch artwork is exhibited in Berlin as part of a major exhibition at the Galerie Eduard Schulte.
The pastel has been shown to Dr. Sibylle Groß and is sold with a photo-certificate dated Berlin 9 November 2016.
Condition report on request.
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Modern paintings & prints, 7 December 2016