Am Kurfürstendamm
This rainy streetscape exemplifies the style and subject matter for which Lesser Ury is best known. The Kurfürstendamm is one of Berlin’s most storied boulevards, known for its very wide walking paths that flank what was once a wide bridlepath and is today an automotive thoroughfare.
Credits
Courtesy Christie’s / Wikipedia.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.
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