Lot 455
  • 455

Lesser Ury

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Lesser Ury
  • AN DER NĂ„HMASCHINE (AT THE SEWING MACHINE)
  • signed L. Ury and dated 85 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 37 by 45cm. 14 1/2 by 17 3/4 in.

Provenance

Sale: Karl und Faber, Munich, 2nd-3rd December 1971, lot 1175
Acquired by the present owner in Germany in the 1970s

Literature

Aemil Fendler, 'Lesser Ury', in Illustrirte Zeitung, Leipzig & Berlin, 7th May 1903, illustrated p.697

Condition

The canvas is lined. There is a 5cm. by 2cm. area of retouching near the signature and a 3cm. line of retouching to the upper right corner, both visible under UV light. Apart from some scattered spots of retouching to the centre of the bottom edge, also visible under UV light, and a heavy varnish, this work is in good condition. Colours: Overall fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration.
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