Birches

c. 1920

Lesser Ury

Associated Names
Lesser Ury

Artist, German, 1861 - 1931

The image features a large tree viewed from a lower angle, focusing on its sprawling branches. The background shows a row of smaller trees or shrubs below the main tree's silhouette. The artwork utilizes a textured style resembling charcoal or heavy graphite strokes, creating depth. The color scheme is predominantly black and gray with light highlights, emphasizing contrast and details. The sky above is depicted with a stippled technique, complementing the central tree's prominence in the scene.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27 × 19 cm (10 5/8 × 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 30.6 × 22.8 cm (12 1/16 × 9 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.491

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Rosenbach 2002, no. 37, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ruth Kainen [1922-2009], Washington, D.C. (Lugt 4739); Gift to NGA, 2012.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Rosenbach, Detlev. Lesser Ury: Das druckgraphische Werk. Berlin: Edition Rosenbach Hannover im Gebr. Mann Verlag, 2002: no. 37, only

Inscriptions

below image, at left, in graphite: 3/30 L. Ury; below image, at left, in graphite, by later hand: 2; on verso, in graphite, by later hand: 8 x 9

Wikidata ID

Q76557045

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