Tamara Lempicka (1898 – 1980)

Lot 103. Tamara de Lempicka1898 – 1980. Paysage de nuit, signed T. de Lempicka (upper right); signed indistinctly T. Kuffner multiple times (on the reverse), oil on canvas, 56 by 66 cm. 22 by 26 ⅛ in. Framed: 76.8 by 88.9 cm. 30 ¼ by 35 in. Executed in 1950. Provenance: Private Collection, Italy (acquired from the artist in 1950). Thence by descent from the above in 1992 to the present owner. Literature:Une Semaine de Paris, 31 May 1950, illustrated (titled Buste dans les nuages); Marc Vaux, Fonds Lempicka, M.N.A.M., Paris, 1972; Alain Blondel, Tamara de Lempicka: Catalogue Raisonné, 1921-1979, Lausanne, 1999, no. B.298, p. 357, illustrated in colour; Alain Blondel, Tamara de Lempicka Online Catalogue Raisonné, www.delempicka.org, no. B.298 (accessed 6 November 2023). Exhibited: Paris, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Union des Femmes Peintres, Sculpteurs, et Décorateurs,1950, no. 607, p. 23, listed (titled Buste dans les nuages). Estimate 300,000 – 500,000 GBP. Sotheby’s. 03/05/24. Sold 550,000 GBP

Prace Tamary Łempickiej z końca lat 20-tych i lat 30-tych odbiegają stylistycznie i tematycznie od tych tworzonych póżniej. Ceny i zainteresowanie odzwierciedlają tę różnicę.


Lot 104. Tamara de Lempicka 1898 – 1980. Le Turban rose, oil on Masonite, 25.5 by 20.3 cm. 10 by 8 in. Framed: 48.5 by 43.5 cm. 19 ⅛ by 17 ⅛ in. Executed circa 1945. Provenance: Private Collection, Italy (acquired from the artist in 1950); Thence by descent from the above in 1992 to the present owner. Literature: Marc Vaux, Fonds Lempicka, M.N.A.M., Paris, 1972; Alain Blondel, Tamara de Lempicka: Catalogue Raisonné, 1921-1979, Lausanne, 1999, no. B.266, p. 339, illustrated in colour; Alain Blondel, Tamara de Lempicka Online Catalogue Raisonné, www.delempicka.org, no. B.266 (accessed on 6 November 2023). Estimate 120,000 – 200,000 GBP. Sotheby’s. 03/07/24. Sold 120,000 GBP

Henryk Hayden (1883 – 1970)

Lot 118. Henri Hayden 1883 – 1970. Nature morte à l’As de trèfle, signed Hayden (lower right); signed Hayden and dated 2-1920 (on the reverse), oil on canvas, 65.2 by 92 cm. 25 ⅝ by 36 ¼ in. Framed: 88.5 by 115 cm. 34 ⅞ by 45 ¼ in. Executed in February 1920. Provenance: Galerie Paul Haim & Cie., Paris; James H. Kirkman (Lambeth Arts Limited), London; Private Collection (acquired from the above in 1973); Thence by descent to the present owners. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Henri Hayden. Estimate 70,000 – 100,000 GBP. Sotheby’s. 03/07/24. Sold 70,000 GBP

Nie każdy kubistyczny obraz Henryka Haydena przekłada się na wielki sukces aukcyjny.


Lot 153. Henri Hayden 1883 – 1970. Nature morte à la pipe et au journal, signed Hayden (lower right), gouache on paper 44.5 by 25 cm. 17 ½ by 9 ⅞ in. Framed: 63 by 43 cm. 24 ¾ by 16 ⅞ in. The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by the Comité Henri Hayden. Provenance: Grisebach GmBH, Berlin, 31 May 1997, lot 334; Private Collection, Berlin; Thence by descent to the present owner. Estimate 10,000 – 15,000 GBP. Sotheby’s. 03/07/24. Sold 32,000 GBP