Tamara de Lempicka, French Riviera, 1960

Tamara de LEMPICKA

(Moscow/Warsaw 1898 – 1980 Cuernavaca, Mexico)

"French Riviera"

1960

Oil on canvas, 73 x 54 cm

Lower right: "Lempicka"

Presentation

“Among a hundred paintings, you could recognize mine, my goal was: Do not copy.

Create a new style, … colors light and bright, return to elegance in my models.”

In the Art Deco age the artists used a revitalized decorative language – the elegant forms captured the spirit of the new era full of contradictions. The style is surprising for its reflection of the aesthetic attitudes of Renaissance, classicism and romanticism. Having turned both her art and life into Art Deco-styled reality, Tamara de Lempicka, no doubt, became an icon for Art Deco.

Condition report:

The painting is in excellent condition.

Provenance:

Estate of the artist;

Acquired from the above by Edgar M. Bronfman, 1987-2014;

Private collection, Switzerland

Bibliography:

Present artwork is listed in artist’s catalogue raisonne

Exhibitions:

Paris, Galerie Ror-Vomar and Vichy, Galerie Ror-Volmar, T. de Lempicka, oeuvres récentes et anciennes, 1930-1960, May-August 1961;

New York, Iolas Gallery, Tamara de Lempicka, December 1961

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