Lesser Ury - Burgruine im Rheingau. Um 1924
auction 400, Lot 1003
SPRING AUCTION
on 14 April 2021
Lesser Ury
Burgruine im Rheingau. Um 1924
Differenzbesteuerung
Folgerechtsabgabe
Lesser Ury
1861 Birnbaum / Posen - 1931 Berlin
Ruins of a castle in the Rheingau, circa 1924
Signed L. Ury lower left. Round estate label with handwritten number 107 in blue on the canvas verso. Remnants of an adhesive label on the stretcher upper right. Oil on canvas. 97.7 x 67.3 cm. Partly with craquelure upper left. Otherwise good condition. Framed.
Literature: Rom Landau, Der Unbestechliche Minos, Kritik an der Zeitkunst, Hamburg 1925, illustration between page 52 f. (Landschaft am Rhein) - Deutscher Bote, Monatsschrift für Literatur und Kunst, Volume 32, number 10/October, Hamburg 1925, colour illustration on page 450 f. (Landschaft am Rhein) - Joachim Seyppel, Der Maler der alten City, Leben, Kunst, Wirkung, Eine Monographie, Berlin 1987, page 209, number 320 (Schloßruine am Rhein, 1924)
Provenance:
estate of the artist
Memorial exhibition, Berlin 1931, number 123
Inventory of the estate of Lesser Ury in the Central Archives of the Berlin State Museums, Prussian Cultural Heritage (ZA), number 107
The artists cousin, Lucie Meyerheim, inherited the painting directly from the artists estate, Frankfurt / Oder (1932)
Private owner
Weinmüller, Munich, Auction 143, 25-26 October 1972, number 1191 with illustration plate 74 (park impression) - unsold
Weinmüller, Munich, Auction 146, 14-16 March 1973, number 1895 with illustration plate 199 (park impression)
Private owner, Lower Saxony (since 1973)
Grisebach Berlin, Auction 265, 1 December 2016, catalogue number 1 (withdrawn, not on "artnet").
Exhibition: Nationalgalerie Berlin. Lesser Ury. Gedenkausstellung. 1931
We thank Anne Rubin (HCPO), Dr. Meike Hopp, Dr. Christian Fuhrmeister, Dr. Stephan Klingen (Central Institute for Art History Münden) and Dr. Willi Korte, Washington, for the valuable information during the check and elaboration of the provenance.
Written confirmation of authenticity by Dr. Sibylle Groß from 8 September 2016 is available.
