Fine Paintings and Sculpture

Lesser Ury (German, 1861-1931)

Berliner Dom an der Spree, von der

Kurfürstenbrücke aus gesehen [The Berlin

Cathedral at the River Spree, seen from the

Kurfuersten Bridge], c. 1920s

Signed and inscribed “L. Ury/Berlin” l.l.,

inscribed “100” on the artist’s estate label

affixed to the reverse, and with an Ausstellung

Gerstenberger Chemnitz, Germany, exhibition

label affixed to the frame.

Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (50.2 x 34.9

cm), framed.

Condition: Losses, canvas deformations,

craquelure, surface grime.

Provenance: Estate of the artist, Berlin;

acquired by Max Karl Wolff and Lucie Tichauer

Wolff, Berlin, prior to mid-1930s; by family

descent to the present owners.

Literature: Lesser Ury, “Berlin,” Menorah:

Jüdisches Familienblatt für Wissenschaft,

Kunst und Literatur, Jahrgang 9, No. 11/12

(November/December 1931): p. 547 (illus. as

Berlin); Arthur Eloesser, “Lesser Ury,” Elsevier’s

Geillustreerd Maandschrift, Jaargang 42, Vol.

84, Part 2 (July–December 1932): pp.1–9

(illus. between pp. 4 and 5 [as Dom in Berlijn,

na 1900]).

N.B. We wish to thank Dr. Sibylle Groß for

kindly confirming the authenticity of this work.

The painting will be included in her catalogue

raisonné of the paintings, pastels, gouaches

and watercolors by Lesser Ury; a photo-

certificate from Dr. Sibylle Groß, Berlin, dated

December 9, 2012, accompanies the lot.

$20,000-30,000

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