Sale: 601 / Day Sale, Dec. 06. 2025 in Munich 
Lot 125000772
Lot 125000772
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125000772
Lesser Ury
Dorfstrasse, Ca. 1929.
Pastel on cardboard, firmly mounted
Estimate:
€ 12,000 - 15,000
$ 13,920 - 17,400
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Lesser Ury
1861 - 1931
Dorfstrasse. Ca. 1929.
Pastel on cardboard, firmly mounted.
Signed in the lower left. With the estate stamp (somewhat faded) and the inventory number “681” on a round label on the reverse, as well as a note of confirmation by Kurt W. Ury dated December 8, 1945. 34 x 49 cm (13.3 x 19.2 in).
• Significant provenance: Directly from the artist’s heirs
• Lesser Ury revives the almost forgotten technique of pastel painting with great mastery
• Pastel as a spiritual echo of inner peace
• Shimmering haze and radiant colors create an incomparable atmosphere
• His landscape and village paintings represent a tranquil and atmospheric counterpoint to his cityscapes
• Ury's landscape paintings are a unique variation on German plein air painting
• His pastels are considered key works of Berlin Modernism around 1900
.
PROVENANCE: Artist's estate (1931, estate number 681, with the label on the reverse).
Kurt Ury, Berlin / New York ( inherited from the above estate on April 21, 1932).
Walter Wilhelm Lowen (formerly Löwenherz), Bavaria / New York (acquired from the above in 1945, with certificate of authenticity on the reverse).
Private collection, New York (since 1987, Villa Grisebach).
LITERATURE: Inventory list of the Lesser Ury estate: No. 681, Landscape, pastel, 51 x 36 cm. SMB-ZA, Berlin, I NG 858, fol. 381.
Shipping list of the National Gallery from the custody of the Lesser Ury estate, SMB-ZA, Berlin, I NG 858, fol. 525.
Villa Grisebach, Berlin, Auction 2, June 10, 1987, No. 292 (with illustration).
1861 - 1931
Dorfstrasse. Ca. 1929.
Pastel on cardboard, firmly mounted.
Signed in the lower left. With the estate stamp (somewhat faded) and the inventory number “681” on a round label on the reverse, as well as a note of confirmation by Kurt W. Ury dated December 8, 1945. 34 x 49 cm (13.3 x 19.2 in).
• Significant provenance: Directly from the artist’s heirs
• Lesser Ury revives the almost forgotten technique of pastel painting with great mastery
• Pastel as a spiritual echo of inner peace
• Shimmering haze and radiant colors create an incomparable atmosphere
• His landscape and village paintings represent a tranquil and atmospheric counterpoint to his cityscapes
• Ury's landscape paintings are a unique variation on German plein air painting
• His pastels are considered key works of Berlin Modernism around 1900
.
PROVENANCE: Artist's estate (1931, estate number 681, with the label on the reverse).
Kurt Ury, Berlin / New York ( inherited from the above estate on April 21, 1932).
Walter Wilhelm Lowen (formerly Löwenherz), Bavaria / New York (acquired from the above in 1945, with certificate of authenticity on the reverse).
Private collection, New York (since 1987, Villa Grisebach).
LITERATURE: Inventory list of the Lesser Ury estate: No. 681, Landscape, pastel, 51 x 36 cm. SMB-ZA, Berlin, I NG 858, fol. 381.
Shipping list of the National Gallery from the custody of the Lesser Ury estate, SMB-ZA, Berlin, I NG 858, fol. 525.
Villa Grisebach, Berlin, Auction 2, June 10, 1987, No. 292 (with illustration).
125000772
Lesser Ury
Dorfstrasse, Ca. 1929.
Pastel on cardboard, firmly mounted
Estimate:
€ 12,000 - 15,000
$ 13,920 - 17,400
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
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