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Ulrich Leman (Düsseldorf 1885 - Deià/Mallorca 1988). Laokoon.

Sold for €10,000 at Auktionshaus Stahl on Nov 29, 2025.

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Lot description

1925. Oil/canvas. 79 x 79 cm. Lower right signed and dated Ulrich Leman Zoppot 1925. Small pigment losses. - Exhibition: The painting was exhibited: Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, 19.10.85 - 5.1.86, cat. no. 17, with ill. - Provenance: Probably gallery of Johanna Ey, Düsseldorf; inherited from the father of the former owner in the 1960s; at last private collection Hamburg - German painter of the 'Rheinischer Expressionismus'. L. grew up in Danzig and studied at the Düsseldorf academy. He was master student of H. Nauen and member of the progressive artist's group 'Junges Rheinland'. After living in Greece for some time he moved to Mallorca in 1929. L. won numerous awards and exhibited all over the world, among others with Macke, Klee, Feininger, Heckel and Schmidt-Rottluff, but as a painter of the so called 'Lost Generation' he had to be rediscovered after WW II. Mus.: Düsseldorf, Gießen, Essen, Den Haag, Danzig, Breslau, Stettin. Lit.: Vollmer, Am Anfang: Das Junge Rheinland a. others.

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