Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 in Munich → Lot 126000102
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126000102
Lesser Ury
Waterloo Bridge bei Nebel, London, 1926.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 - 80,000
$ 70,200 - 93,600
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
126000102
Lesser Ury
Waterloo Bridge bei Nebel, London, 1926.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 60,000 - 80,000
$ 70,200 - 93,600
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Lesser Ury
1861 - 1931
Waterloo Bridge bei Nebel, London. 1926.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated, and inscribed "London" in the lower left. 50.2 x 70.2 cm (19.7 x 27.6 in).
[MH].
• Ury’s painting is an immersion in the engulfing transparency of atmospheric light and air.
• The artist combines Impressionist color modulation with subtle tonality – the mist becomes the painterly vehicle for space and emotion.
• Views of London and atmospheric cityscapes are among Ury’s most sought-after works on the international auction market.
• Exhibited in Berlin in the year of its creation.
• From the artist’s estate.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Dr. Sibylle Groß, Berlin, on May 20, 2020. The painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Artist’s estate (on the reverse of the canvas with a label and the handwritten number “94”).
Dr. Hans Lener, Berlin/Tel Aviv (1932, Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin, until ca. 1961).
Private collection, Israel/Great Britain (until 1989).
Private collection, Bavaria (since 1989, Grisebach, Berlin).
Galerie Westphal, Berlin (until 1999).
Private collection, Northern Germany (since 1999, acquired from the above)
Private collection, Lower Saxony (since 2020, Grisebach, Berlin).
EXHIBITION: Lesser Ury. Neue Bilder aus zwei Weltstädten London - Berlin 1926, Kunst Kammer Martin Wasservogel, Berlin, November 1926, likely cat. no. 55 or 64, p. 18.
Lesser Ury 1861–1931. Commemorative Exhibition, Tel Aviv Museum, January 1937, cat. no. 59.
Lesser Ury Retrospective, Rishon Le Zion, 1951, cat. no. 18.
Lesser Ury 1861–1931.
Memorial Exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth, Tel Aviv Museum, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Oct./Nov. 1961, cat. no. 32.
LITERATURE: Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Lesser Ury estate auction, Oct. 21, 1932, lot 107, p. 39.
Price Report, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Lesser Ury Estate, in: die Weltkunst, vol. 6, no. 45, Nov. 6, 1932, p. 4.
Grisebach Auctions, Berlin, 9th Auction, June 2, 1989, lot 60 (illustrated)
Sotheby’s, Munich, Auction MM0032, June 30, 1998, lot 194 (illustrated)
Grisebach, Berlin, 319th Auction, July 9, 2020, lot 40 (illustrated, with a label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Lesser Ury, Meine Reise nach London, published in: Der Kunstwanderer 8, Berlin 1926, pp. 106–107.
1861 - 1931
Waterloo Bridge bei Nebel, London. 1926.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated, and inscribed "London" in the lower left. 50.2 x 70.2 cm (19.7 x 27.6 in).
[MH].
• Ury’s painting is an immersion in the engulfing transparency of atmospheric light and air.
• The artist combines Impressionist color modulation with subtle tonality – the mist becomes the painterly vehicle for space and emotion.
• Views of London and atmospheric cityscapes are among Ury’s most sought-after works on the international auction market.
• Exhibited in Berlin in the year of its creation.
• From the artist’s estate.
Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity issued by Dr. Sibylle Groß, Berlin, on May 20, 2020. The painting will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné.
PROVENANCE: Artist’s estate (on the reverse of the canvas with a label and the handwritten number “94”).
Dr. Hans Lener, Berlin/Tel Aviv (1932, Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin, until ca. 1961).
Private collection, Israel/Great Britain (until 1989).
Private collection, Bavaria (since 1989, Grisebach, Berlin).
Galerie Westphal, Berlin (until 1999).
Private collection, Northern Germany (since 1999, acquired from the above)
Private collection, Lower Saxony (since 2020, Grisebach, Berlin).
EXHIBITION: Lesser Ury. Neue Bilder aus zwei Weltstädten London - Berlin 1926, Kunst Kammer Martin Wasservogel, Berlin, November 1926, likely cat. no. 55 or 64, p. 18.
Lesser Ury 1861–1931. Commemorative Exhibition, Tel Aviv Museum, January 1937, cat. no. 59.
Lesser Ury Retrospective, Rishon Le Zion, 1951, cat. no. 18.
Lesser Ury 1861–1931.
Memorial Exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of his birth, Tel Aviv Museum, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Oct./Nov. 1961, cat. no. 32.
LITERATURE: Galerie Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Lesser Ury estate auction, Oct. 21, 1932, lot 107, p. 39.
Price Report, Paul Cassirer, Berlin, Lesser Ury Estate, in: die Weltkunst, vol. 6, no. 45, Nov. 6, 1932, p. 4.
Grisebach Auctions, Berlin, 9th Auction, June 2, 1989, lot 60 (illustrated)
Sotheby’s, Munich, Auction MM0032, June 30, 1998, lot 194 (illustrated)
Grisebach, Berlin, 319th Auction, July 9, 2020, lot 40 (illustrated, with a label on the reverse of the stretcher).
Lesser Ury, Meine Reise nach London, published in: Der Kunstwanderer 8, Berlin 1926, pp. 106–107.
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