lot 8. Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980)
Composition abstraite
signed and dated ‘LEMPICKA.1960.’ (lower left)
oil on canvas
16 1/8 x 12 in. (41 x 30.5 cm.)
Painted in 1960

Special Notice

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Provenance

Private collection, Mexico; sale, Christie’s, New York, 5 November 1991, lot 227.
Anonymous sale, Christie’s, New York, 20 September 2011, lot 105.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Literature

1. Blondel, Tamara de Lempicka, Catalogue raisonné, 1921-1979, Lausane, 1999, no. B.391 (illustrated p. 393).

Estimate £17,000 – £25,000 ($24,055 – $35,375). Christies. 02/05/16