Tamara De Lempicka

Lot Description Tamara De Lempicka (1898-1980) Portrait de femme oil on panel 14 1/8 x 10 1/8 in. (35.8 x 25.6 cm.) Painted in 1953 Provenance Private collection, Mexico (acquired from the artist). Acquired by the present owner, 1989. View Lot Notes > Alain Blondel has confirmed the authenticity of this painting.

Ƒ Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) Figure de jeune femme, 1945 Huile sur toile Signée en bas à droite Oil on canvas Signed lower right 20 x 25 cm - 7 7/8 x 10 5/16 in. Estimation : € 120,000-150,000 Un certificat de Monsieur Alain Blondel, daté du 11 Janvier 2008 et indiquant que l'œuvre sera reproduite dans le supplément du catalogue raisonné, sera remis à l'acquéreur This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity, signed by Alain Blondel, dated Paris 11 January 2008 and stating that the painting will be included in his forthcoming supplement to the Catalogue raisonné Provenance : Ira Perrot (amie et modèle de Tamara de Lempicka) Collection privée Alain Blondel, Paris

Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) Nature morte à la plante grasse oil on canvasboard 9 3/8 x 7 in. (23.8 x 17.9 cm.) Painted circa 1952 Private collection, France, by whom acquired from the artist; sale, Christie's, New York, 10 March 2010, lot 104. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN COLLECTION A. Blondel, Tamara de Lempicka, catalogue raisonné 1921-1979, Lausanne, 1999, no. B.321 (illustrated p. 158). Mexico City, El Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Tamara de Lempicka, April - September 2009, no. 48 (illustrated pp. 159 and 14).

Tamara de Lempicka * (Warsaw 1898–1980 Cuernavaca /Mexico) Nu au livre, circa 1958, oil on canvas, 92 x 73 cm, framed, (PP) Photo certificate: Alain Blondel, Paris, 11 June 2008 Provenance: Private Collection, New York; Private Collection, Europe Literature: A. Blondel, Lempicka. Catalogue Raisonné 1921–1979, Acatos Editore, 1999, no. 379, page 388 with ill. Tamara de Lempicka````s eventful and adventurous life in various countries led her from Switzerland via Copenhagen and Paris to St. Petersburg. There she first started to earn her living with painting. In 1925 de Lempicka presented her art in an Art Deco exhibition for the first time and very soon became a highly coveted artist. In 1943 she moved to the United States together with her husband, where she continued her career, always placing her focus on the theme of beauty. As the works from her early years, Lempicka’’’’s pictures from that period reflect her love for beautiful women. Her oeuvre thus comprises numerous portraits of voluptuous beauties of American high society. In those years, the artist worked with a palette knife, applying the paint directly onto the canvas, so that the outlines, which formerly had stood out sharply, made a tender and freely floating impression. Nu au livre, a painting dating from around 1958, clearly shows these soft transitions, as it does without a distinct silhouette. It shows a woman immersed in thought, with her head inclined. It seems as if she is thinking about what she has just read. While her right hand barely holds on to the book, her left hand supports her head, underlining her contemplative pose. The delicate pastel tones lend the painting a subtle sensuality. Only the sitter’’’’s hair is prominently accentuated in terms of colour. Tamara de Lempicka has created here a self-contained composition of a strongly emotional nature.

Lot Description Tamara De Lempicka (1898-1980) Au théâtre oil on canvas 16¼ x 13 1/8 in. (41.3 x 33.4 cm.) Painted circa 1951 Provenance Kizette de Lempicka, Houston; sale, Sotheby's, New York, 26 February 1993, lot 90. Acquired at the above sale by the present owner. Literature A. Blondel, Tamara de Lempicka, Catalogue raisonné 1921-1979, Lausanne, 1999, p. 362, no. B.308 (illustrated).