Lot 58
  • 58

Lesser Ury 1861-1931

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Lesser Ury
  • Self-Portrait
  • signed L. Ury (lower left)
  • oil on canvas laid on masonite
  • 21 7/8 by 14 1/8 in.
  • 55.5 by 36 cm.

Provenance

Mr. Alfred Karger, Berlin and Ecuador, before 1941
By descent to the present owner

Condition

canvas laid on masonite, In good condition aside from an area of cracqelure with three small related areas of loss at figure's collar, center left. Under UV: no apparent in-painting.
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Catalogue Note

This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonnĂ© of the works of Lesser Ury being prepared by Dr. Sibylle Gross.