Lesser Ury, Etching, ‘Regennasse Tiergartenallee’, 1921
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Lesser Ury (1861-1931) – German painter and graphic artist
Signed lower left in pencil ‘L. Ury’
Numbered lower right in pencil ‘56/100’
Full title ‘Regennasse Tiergartenallee mit Pferdedroschken: Dame mit Schirm überquert die Straße’ (Rain wet Tiergarten Avenue with hackney cabs: Woman with umbrella crosses the street)
From: Adolph Donath: ‘Lesser Ury. Seine Stellung in der modernen deutschen Malerei’
Published by Verlag Max Perl, Berlin 1921
Issued in an edition of 110 copies
Catalog raisonné: Rosenbach 49
In gilded frame
Plate dimensions: 19.3 x 13.7 cm
Provenance: Private collection, Austria
Good condition
Typical Berlin street scene by the German artist Lesser Ury; the auction record for an etching by the artist is currently set at €9,600
This etching by the German artist Lesser Ury was created in 1921 and was bound to the deluxe edition of the monograph ‘Lesser Ury. Seine Stellung in der modernen deutschen Malerei‘ by Adolph Donat. Berlin street scenes are a popular motif of the artist. Here the Tiergarten Avenue is shown with hackney cabs reflecting effectively in its rain-wet surface.
The etching is signed lower left in pencil ‘L. Ury’ and numbered lower right in pencil ‘56/100’. It shows very occasional tiny foxmarks and is mounted to a mat at the reverse upper corners. The sheet is slightly discolored within the mat window. Overall the condition is age-appropriately good. The frame is in good condition with slight signs of wear. The plate measures 19,3 x 13,7 cm, the sheet 30.2 x 24.2 cm. The framed dimensions are 41,7 x 31,5 cm.
Lesser Ury (1861-1931).
Lesser Ury was born in 1861 in Birnbaum near Posen. After his father's death the family moved to Berlin in 1973. After his secondary school certificate Ury initially started a business training, but he dropped out after a year to go to the Art Academy in Düsseldorf. In 1882 he studied at the Académie Royale in Brussels, in 1883 under Jules Joseph Lefebvre in Paris. Until 1986 he continued his studies at the academies in Stuttgart, Karlsruhe and Munich. 1889/1890 Fritz Gurlitt showed the first exhibition of the artist, but it was no success. Lesser Ury traveled a lot in the following years. In 1914 he began at the suggestion of colleagues to engage in printmaking. When Paul Cassirer exhibited Lesser Ury's work in 1916 both the public and the press were enthusiastic. 1921, he was made an honorary member of the Berlin Secession. Until his death in 1931, the artist created an extensive body of work comprising oil paintings, drawings and prints, which was close to the style of Impressionism. (fea)
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