Lesser Ury (Birnbaum/Poznań 1861 – 1931 Berlin). ”Birkenwald im Frühling”. 1890s Pastel on cardboard. 47,8 × 34,6 cm (18 ⅞ × 13 ⅝ in.). Inscribed and dated lower right by another hand: Ury 98. On the reverse the round label with the stamp: NACHLASS LESSER URY; numbered with blue coloured pencil: 653. There too two labels of the 1932 auction as well as the two stamps „J.33“ in violet and „J34“ in red. Accompanied by a certificate by Dr. Sibylle Groß, Berlin, dated 19 April 2023. The pastel will be included in the catalogue raisonné of paintings, pastels, gouaches and watercolours by Lesser Ury by Dr. Sibylle Groß, Berlin.– [3399] Provenance: Estate of the artist („Birken im Frühling“) / Arthur Dahlheim, Berlin (acquired 1932) / Kempfer, Berlin (until 1961) / Bankgesellschaft Berlin/Berliner Sparkasse Collection (acquired 1961) Exhibition: Lesser Ury, Ausstellung anläßlich des 100. Geburtstages. Berlin, Bezirksamt Tiergarten von Berlin, Abt. Volksbildung, Amt für Kunst, 1961, Kat.-Nr. 56 Literature and illustration: Auction catalogue: Der künstlerische Nachlaß von Lesser Ury, 129 Ölgemälde, 123 Pastelle. Berlin, Paul Cassirer, 21.10.1932, Kat.-Nr. 163 / Auktion 437. Berlin, Leo Spik, 26./27.3.1961, cat.-no. 124, ill. pl 44