1923b-1924a
Tamara de Lempicka
Seated Nude, 1923
Details
- Title: Seated Nude
- Year: 1923
- Catalog ID: A.023
- Medium: Crayon on paper
- Height: 23.6 cm
- Width: 14.2 cm
- Signature: de Lempicka (bottom left)
Exhibitions
N/A
Auctions
N/A
Collections
1972 - Private collection - France
History
N/A
Notes
(Nu assis)
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Tamara de Lempicka
Reclining Nude, 1923
Details
- Title: Reclining Nude
- Year: 1923
- Catalog ID: A.022
- Medium: Crayon on paper
- Height: 15.5 cm
- Width: 23.5 cm
- Signature: de Lempicka (bottom left)
Exhibitions
N/A
Auctions
13/02/1986 - NEW YORK. Christie's “Christine-6084”, # 110 $ 0
Collections
N/A
History
N/A
Notes
(Nu allongé)
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Tamara de Lempicka
Standing Nude, with Raised Arms, 1923
Details
- Title: Standing Nude, with Raised Arms
- Year: 1923
- Catalog ID: A.024
- Medium: Crayon on paper
- Height: 23.6 cm
- Width: 14.2 cm
- Signature: de Lempicka (bottom left)
Exhibitions
N/A
Auctions
05/05/1986 - PARIS. Renaud, # 20 $ 0
Collections
N/A
History
N/A
Notes
(Nu debout, bras levés)
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Tamara de Lempicka
Standing Nude, with Raised Arms, 1923
Details
- Title: Standing Nude, with Raised Arms
- Year: 1923
- Catalog ID: A.025
- Medium: Crayon on paper
- Height: 23.6 cm
- Width: 14.2 cm
- Signature: Lempicka (bottom right)
Exhibitions
N/A
Auctions
15/05/1986 - NEW YORK. Christie's “Vigée-6130”, # 145 $ 6 000
Collections
N/A
History
N/A
Notes
(Nu assis, bras levés)
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Tamara de Lempicka
Woman and Stag. Lacquer decor project, 1923
Details
- Title: Woman and Stag. Lacquer decor project
- Year: 1923
- Catalog ID: A.028
- Height: 13.3 cm
- Width: 20 cm
- Signature: LEMPICKA (artist's stamp bottom left) "tabouret" (bottom right)
Exhibitions
N/A
Auctions
21/06/1988 - PARIS. Briest, # 160 $ 6 330
Collections
N/A
History
The apartment on RUE GUY DE MAUPASSANT: In 1925, Lempicka took up residence at 5 rue Guy de Maupassant in Paris (16e arrondissement). Her decor for this studio-apartment was imbued with a certain dramatic effect. A photograph by Jacques-Henri Lartigue gives us one view of the bedroom (see "Jacques-Henri LARTIGUE"), where, under the painting "Portrait of the Duchess of La Salle" (B.72), the carved lacquer bed decor - based on a sketch by Lempicka of a sapphic scene - boldly strikes the eye. A closet and stool (not to be seen in this photo) existed in the same carved lacquer scheme. The furniture has since disappeared.
Notes
(Femme et cerf. Projet de décor en laque)
Preliminary sketch for the stool (DOC.25) belonging to the lacquer room decor project (see preceding entry).
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Tamara de Lempicka
Hugging Figures, 1923
Details
- Title: Hugging Figures
- Year: 1923
- Catalog ID: A.026
- Height: 23 cm
- Width: 15 cm
- Signature: (Personnages enlacés)
Exhibitions
N/A
Auctions
"02/11/1993 - NEW YORK. Christie's East “Greg-7489”, # $ 2 500, 16/02/1989 - NEW YORK. Christie's “Vicki-6762”, # $ 1 400, 18/02/1988 - NEW YORK. Christie's “Shira-6540”, # 58 $ 0"
Collections
N/A
History
N/A
Notes
N/A
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Tamara de Lempicka
Two Hugging Women. Lacquer decor project, 1923
Details
- Title: Two Hugging Women. Lacquer decor project
- Year: 1923
- Catalog ID: A.027
- Height: 13.3 cm
- Width: 20 cm
- Signature: LEMPICKA. (artist's stamp bottom left)
Exhibitions
N/A
Auctions
13/05/1987 - NEW YORK. Phillips “662”, # 42 $ 2 900
Collections
N/A
History
The apartment on RUE GUY DE MAUPASSANT: In 1925, Lempicka took up residence at 5 rue Guy de Maupassant in Paris (16e arrondissement). Her decor for this studio-apartment was imbued with a certain dramatic effect. A photograph by Jacques-Henri Lartigue gives us one view of the bedroom (see "Jacques-Henri LARTIGUE"), where, under the painting "Portrait of the Duchess of La Salle" (B.72), the carved lacquer bed decor - based on a sketch by Lempicka of a sapphic scene - boldly strikes the eye. A closet and stool (not to be seen in this photo) existed in the same carved lacquer scheme. The furniture has since disappeared.
Notes
(Deux femmes enlacées. Projet de décor en laque)
Preliminary sketch for Lempicka's bedroom decor in her apartment on Rue Guy de Maupassant. This sketch, in the shape of a half-circle, represents the design for the headboard (DOC.23). Together with - to the right of the bed - the portrait of the Duchess of la Salle wearing boots, it lent a resolutely feminist atmosphere to this room.
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Tamara de Lempicka
Two Women. Lacquer decor project, 1923
Details
- Title: Two Women. Lacquer decor project
- Year: 1923
- Catalog ID: A.029
- Medium: Crayon on paper
- Height: 13.3 cm
- Width: 20 cm
- Signature: Paris (bottom left)
Exhibitions
N/A
Auctions
N/A
Collections
N/A
History
The apartment on RUE GUY DE MAUPASSANT: In 1925, Lempicka took up residence at 5 rue Guy de Maupassant in Paris (16e arrondissement). Her decor for this studio-apartment was imbued with a certain dramatic effect. A photograph by Jacques-Henri Lartigue gives us one view of the bedroom (see "Jacques-Henri LARTIGUE"), where, under the painting "Portrait of the Duchess of La Salle" (B.72), the carved lacquer bed decor - based on a sketch by Lempicka of a sapphic scene - boldly strikes the eye. A closet and stool (not to be seen in this photo) existed in the same carved lacquer scheme. The furniture has since disappeared.
Notes
(Deux femmes. Projet de décor en laque)
Preliminary sketch for the lacquer decoration of the closet (cf. the two preceding entries).
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Tamara de Lempicka
Double "47", 1924
Details
- Title: Double "47"
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.033
- Medium: Oil on wood panel
- Height: 46 cm
- Width: 38 cm
Exhibitions
"1925 - Bottega di Poesia, ""Tamara de Lempitzka"", Milan, Italy, 1972 - Galerie du Luxembourg, ""Tamara de Lempicka de 1925 à 1935"", Paris, France, 1997 - Hiroshima Museum of Arts. Tamara de Lempicka, Tokyo-Hiroshima, Japan"
Auctions
N/A
Collections
"1975 - Brockstedt Gallery - Germany, 1976 - Private collection - Germany"
History
N/A
Notes
(Le double "47" *)
Double portrait of the same woman with an "urchin cut". At the time, high street numbers indicated hotels used as brothels. Would this explain the significance of the high title number, 47?
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Tamara de Lempicka
Woman Figure, 1924
Details
- Title: Woman Figure
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.035
- Medium: Oil on board
- Height: 29 cm
- Width: 18 cm
- Signature: (Figure de femme)
Exhibitions
N/A
Auctions
N/A
Collections
N/A
History
N/A
Notes
N/A
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Tamara de Lempicka
The Widow, 1924
Details
- Title: The Widow
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.036
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Height: 52 cm
- Width: 34 cm
- Signature: (Figure de femme)
Exhibitions
"1925 - Bottega di Poesia, ""Tamara de Lempitzka"", Milan, Italy, 1972 - Galerie du Luxembourg, ""Tamara de Lempicka de 1925 à 1935"", Paris, France"
Auctions
N/A
Collections
1925 - Purchased directly by Mr. Ch. Guénot - France
History
The RELIGIOUS FEELING, Biography, Psychology: Religious feeling, intrinsic to Tamara de Lempicka's nature, began showing through in her oeuvre with works such as "Mother and Child" (B.12), although, admittedly, this work in particular was created under the direct influence of Maurice Denis. The moral crisis undergone by the artist from 1934 to 1936 exacerbated this feeling. And, finally, at the end of her life, Lempicka commended her soul to God through her numerous replicas of Madonna and St. Anthony (which, moreover, stood side to side with other copies of the sulfurous Rafaëla).
Notes
(La veuve *)
The title of this work in fact dissembles an early attempt at handling religious subjects (compare with "The Mother Superior" of 1935).
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Tamara de Lempicka
Still Life with a Russian Doll, 1924
Details
- Title: Still Life with a Russian Doll
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.038
- Medium: Oil on canvas on cardboard
- Height: 33 cm
- Width: 24 cm
- Signature: T.DE LEMPICKA. (artist's stamp bottom right)
Exhibitions
N/A
Auctions
N/A
Collections
1987 - Private collection - U.S.A.
History
N/A
Notes
(Nature morte à la poupée russe)
During this same period, realist painters of the Belgian and Dutch schools (such as Dick Keit) were taking a similar approach to such subjects.
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Tamara de Lempicka
The Open Book, 1924
Details
- Title: The Open Book
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.039
- Medium: Oil on canvas on cardboard
- Height: 24 cm
- Width: 25 cm
- Signature: T.DE LEMPICKA. (bottom right)
Exhibitions
"1925 - Bottega di Poesia, ""Tamara de Lempitzka"", Milan, Italy, 1997 - Hiroshima Museum of Arts. Tamara de Lempicka, Tokyo-Hiroshima, Japan"
Auctions
17/12/1989 - PARIS. Charbonneaux. Drouot Montaigne, # 13 $ 31 300
Collections
1989 - Private collection - France
History
N/A
Notes
(Le livre ouvert *)
Shown as a pendant to "The Red Bird", at Milan's Bottega di Poesia exhibition of 1925.
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Tamara de Lempicka
The Green Veil, 1924
Details
- Title: The Green Veil
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.037
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Height: 46 cm
- Width: 33 cm
Exhibitions
"1996 - Barry Friedman Ltd. ""Tamara de Lempicka"", New-York, United States, 1997 - Hiroshima Museum of Arts. Tamara de Lempicka, Tokyo-Hiroshima, Japan"
Auctions
08/11/1995 - NEW YORK. Christie's "Pietro-7669", # 239 $ 95 000
Collections
"1927 - Purchased directly by Mr. Rufus Bush - U.S.A., 1995 - Barry Friedman Ltd. - U.S.A., 1996 - Private collection - U.S.A."
History
The RELIGIOUS FEELING, Biography, Psychology: Religious feeling, intrinsic to Tamara de Lempicka's nature, began showing through in her oeuvre with works such as "Mother and Child" (B.12), although, admittedly, this work in particular was created under the direct influence of Maurice Denis. The moral crisis undergone by the artist from 1934 to 1936 exacerbated this feeling. And, finally, at the end of her life, Lempicka commended her soul to God through her numerous replicas of Madonna and St. Anthony (which, moreover, stood side to side with other copies of the sulfurous Rafaëla).
Notes
(Le voile vert)
Like the one preceding it, this painting is obviously spiritually oriented.
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Tamara de Lempicka
A Harbor in the Moonlight, 1924
Details
- Title: A Harbor in the Moonlight
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.041
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Height: 43 cm
- Width: 38 cm
- Signature: T.DE LEMPICKA. (top left)
Exhibitions
1989 - Museo Nacional de Arte, "Tamara de Lempicka", Mexico, Mexico
Auctions
N/A
Collections
"1930 - Purchased directly by Mr. Surdik - Czechoslovakia, 1988 - Barry Friedman Ltd. - U.S.A., 1990 - Private collection - Germany"
History
The poetry of PORTS, Biography, Psychology: In a delightful article published in the 16 June 1961 edition of Aux Ecoutes, the critic Michel Georges-Michel gave an account of his before-the-war encounter with Lempicka in a sailor bar in Cannes (see Bibliography Georges-Michel Michel, art. cit.). The shady and nostalgic poetry of ports was greatly appreciated in the realist literature and movies of this era. André Lhote, too, enjoyed depicting it.
Notes
(Un port sous la lune)
The mysterious thematic combination of a red bird and a hammer reappears here (cf. "The Red Bird"). The still life has been expanded to include a nocturnal vision of a harbor, bringing to mind Pierre Roy's subtle Surrealist compositions.
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Tamara de Lempicka
Broom and Turned-Around Painting, 1924
Details
- Title: Broom and Turned-Around Painting
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.042
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Height: 46 cm
- Width: 38 cm
- Signature: T.DE LEMPICKA. (bottom left)
Exhibitions
N/A
Auctions
N/A
Collections
"1970 - Galerie du Luxembourg - France, 1979 - Private collection - France"
History
N/A
Notes
(Balai et toile retournée)
Could this be an allegory? Perhaps an irrepressible desire to sweep away modern art, for instance?
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Tamara de Lempicka
The Red Bird, 1924
Details
- Title:The Red Bird
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.040
- Medium: Oil on canvas on cardboard
- Height: 24 cm
- Width: 33 cm
- Signature: T.DE LEMPICKA. (bottom right)
Exhibitions
"1925 - Bottega di Poesia, ""Tamara de Lempitzka"", Milan, Italy, 1972 - Galerie du Luxembourg, ""Tamara de Lempicka de 1925 à 1935"", Paris, France, 1980 - Palazzo Reale, ""L'Altra Metà dell'Avanguardia 1910-1940"", Milan, Italy, 1997 - Hiroshima Museum of Arts. Tamara de Lempicka, Tokyo-Hiroshima, Japan"
Auctions
N/A
Collections
1985 - Private collection - Italy
History
N/A
Notes
(L'oiseau rouge *)
The unusual juxtaposition of these objects is like a riddle. Shown as a pendant to "The Open Book", at the Bottega di Poesia exhibition of 1925.
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Tamara de Lempicka
Bottle and Cauliflower, 1924
Details
- Title: Bottle and Cauliflower
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.045
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Height: 46 cm
- Width: 55 cm
- Signature: T DE LEMPICKA (top right)
Exhibitions
"1972 - Galerie du Luxembourg, ""Tamara de Lempicka de 1925 à 1935"", Paris, France, 1996 - Barry Friedman Ltd. ""Tamara de Lempicka"", New-York, United States, 1997 - Hiroshima Museum of Arts. Tamara de Lempicka, Tokyo-Hiroshima, Japan"
Auctions
N/A
Collections
1994 - Barry Friedman Ltd. - U.S.A.
History
N/A
Notes
(Bouteille et chou-fleur)
The work's ill-assorted objects are intriguing (as in all of this artist's still lifes). Featured together on one side of this hard-to-digest trinity are a cauliflower and a loaf of bread. So far, so good. But how does the bottle of "apéritif" fit in? Above all, this random juxtaposing serves as pretext for a superb play of light.
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Tamara de Lempicka
Broom and Pitcher, 1924
Details
- Title: Broom and Pitcher
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.043
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Height: 46 cm
- Width: 38 cm
- Signature: T.DE LEMPICKA. (top left)
Exhibitions
1997 - Hiroshima Museum of Arts. Tamara de Lempicka, Tokyo-Hiroshima, Japan
Auctions
1972 - Private collection - France
Collections
1994 - Barry Friedman Ltd. - U.S.A.
History
N/A
Notes
(Balai et broc)
The modesty of this work's subject matter is poles apart from the sort of image of herself Lempicka sought to project. As such, it enhances the straightforwardness and clearly defined curved contours of the composition.
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Tamara de Lempicka
Portrait of Madame Zanetos, 1924
Details
- Title: Portrait of Madame Zanetos
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.047
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Height: 92 cm
- Width: 73 cm
Exhibitions
"1925 - Bottega di Poesia, ""Tamara de Lempitzka"", Milan, Italy, 1925 - Salon des Indépendants 1925, Paris, France, 1972 - Galerie du Luxembourg, ""Tamara de Lempicka de 1925 à 1935"", Paris, France"
Auctions
N/A
Collections
1983 - Private collection - U.S.A.
History
Mrs. ZANETOS, Portrait retained by Lempicka: Mrs. Zanetos had coal black eyebrows, giving her a somewhat fierce expression. She must have been dissatisfied with her portrait and refused it, since it showed up at the next year's Salon des Indépendants, where it was priced at Frs. 10,000. It never got sold and, twenty-five years later, it was still in the artist's studio.
Notes
(Portrait de Madame Zanetos)
The colonnade in the background foretells the portrait of the Dutchess of La Salle.
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Tamara de Lempicka
Portrait of Kizette, 1924
Details
- Title: Portrait of Kizette
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.048
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Height: 135 cm
- Width: 57 cm
- Signature: T.DE LEMPICKA. (artist's stamp bottom right)
Exhibitions
"1972 - Galerie du Luxembourg, ""Tamara de Lempicka de 1925 à 1935"", Paris, France, 1981 - Seibu, ""Tamara de Lempicka"", Tokyo-Osaka, Japan"
Auctions
N/A
Collections
"1979 - Barry Friedman Ltd. - U.S.A., 1983 - Private collection - U.S.A."
History
N/A
Notes
(Portrait de Kizette)
This is the second known portrait of Kizette. The dress she wears here is the latest word in fashion.
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Tamara de Lempicka
Head of a Woman, 1924
Details
- Title: Head of a Woman
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.046
- Medium: Oil on wood panel
- Height: 34.5 cm
- Width: 36 cm
- Signature: Lempicka (pencilled bottom right)
Exhibitions
N/A
Auctions
"06/12/1987 - MONACO. Christie's “Emile”, # 13 $ 0, 09/04/1989 - PARIS. Loudmer, # 378 $ 27 300, 09/07/1992 - PARIS. Briest, # 99 $ 12 900, 05/11/1992 - PARIS. Briest, # 199 $ 0"
Collections
1992 - Private collection - France
History
N/A
Notes
(Tête de femme)
The model's prominent cheekbones are reminiscent of Lempicka's "Head of a Slavic Woman" and "Head of a Brutal Woman".
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Tamara de Lempicka
Portrait of the Duchess of Valmy, 1924
Details
- Title: Portrait of the Duchess of Valmy
- Year: 1924
- Catalog ID: B.049
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Height: 73 cm
- Width: 50 cm
- Signature: T.DE LEMPICKA. (bottom right)
Exhibitions
1925 - Bottega di Poesia, "Tamara de Lempitzka", Milan, Italy
Auctions
Duchess de VALMY, Client: The Duchess of Valmy took delivery of her portrait in 1924: most probably, this was the first commission that Lempicka - who was 26 at the time - brought to a successful conclusion.
Collections
"1924 - Purchased directly by Mr. Edmond Honoré - France, 1972 - Galerie du Luxembourg - France, 1976 - Private collection - France"
History
26/11/1976 - PARIS. Godeau, Solanet, Audap. Drouot RG, # 44 $ 3 960
Notes
(Portrait de la Duchesse de Valmy *)
Lempicka's taste for abstraction shows through very clearly in the background of this work.
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