Tamara de Lempicka

Kizette de Lempicka Foxhall (the artist's daughter)
Sale: Sotheby's New York, 14 June 1985, lot 104
Jack Nicholson, Los Angeles (purchased at the above sale)
Anjelica Huston, Los Angeles (a gift from the above)

Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Tamara de Lempicka, La regina del moderno, 2011, no. 60, illustrated in colour in the catalogue

Alain Blondel, Lempicka, Catalogue raisonné 1921-1979, Lausanne 1999, B. 230, illustrated p. 318

The canvas is not lined. UV examination reveals a fine vertical line of retouching and a further few small spots to the centre of the left edge, and a further tiny spot of retouching to the hat on the chair. There is an uneven varnish and some small flecks of paint loss to the extreme edges. There is some stable paint shrinkage in places, mainly to the area above the chair and the white cloth. Otherwise, this work is in overall good condition. colours: overall fairly accurate in the printed catalogue, though the whites are brighter in the original.
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