Lesser Ury (Birnbaum/Poznań 1861 – 1931 Berlin). ”Kahle Stämme gegen Abendhimmel”. Pastel on cardboard. 48 × 34,8 cm (18 ⅞ × 13 ¾ in.). Signed lower right: L. Ury. On the reverse the round label with the stamp: NACHLASS LESSER URY; numbered with blue coloured pencil: 522. Beside this a label of the estate-auction: Lesser Ury 151. Accompanied by a certificate by Dr. Sibylle Groß, Berlin, dated 14 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.– [3110] Provenance: Estate of the artist / Dr. Erich Getzlaff, Berlin/Borgsdorf (acquired 1932 at the estate sale at Cassirer, until 1970) / Private Collection, Brandenburg (acquired 1970 by Dr. Erich Getzlaff, thence by descent to the present owner) Literature and illustration: Auction catalogue: Der künstlerische Nachlaß von Lesser Ury, 129 Ölgemälde, 123 Pastelle. Berlin, Paul Cassirer, 21.10.1932, cat.-no. 151