Tamara Łempicka (1898 – 1980)

Lot 364. Tamara de Lempicka 1898 – 1980. LE COQUILLAGE. Signed Lempicka (lower right). Oil on canvas; 16 by 20 1/8 in. (40.6 by 51.1 cm). Painted in 1941.Estimate 120,000 — 180,000 USD.

Provenance:

Kizette de Lempicka-Foxhall, Houston (by descent from the artist)
Sale: Christie’s, New York, November 14, 1996, lot 196
Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited:

(probably) Los Angeles, Julien Levy Gallery, Tamara de Lempicka, 1941, no. 9 (titled Nature morte I)
(probably) Milwaukee, Milwaukee Art Center, Tamara de Lempicka (Baroness Kuffner), 1942, no. 15 (titled Nature morte I)
Paris, Galerie Ror-Volmar & New York, Iolas Gallery, T. de Lempicka, Oeuvres récentes et anciennes, 1930-1960, 1961, n.n.
Tokyo & Osaka, Seibu Gallery, Tamara de Lempicka, 1981, n.n.

Sothebys. 08 May 2014.

Tamara Łempicka (1898 – 1980)

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Lot 38. Tamara de Lempicka 1898 – 1980. LA DORMEUSE (KIZETTE) I. Signed  T. DE LEMPICKA (on the reverse). Oil on panel. 12 1/4 by 16 1/8 in. (31 by 41 cm). Painted in 1933. Estimate $2,500,000 – 3,500,000.

Provenance:

Private Collection, United States (1972). Sold: Christie’s, New York, May 11, 1994, lot 308. Acquired at the above sale

Exhibited:

Paris, Galerie Bernheim-Jeune, Tamara de Lempicka,1935. Paris, Galerie Ror-Volmar, T. de Lempicka, oeuvres récentes et anciennes, 1930-1960, 1961. Paris, Galerie du Luxembourg, Tamara de Lempicka de 1925 à 1935, 1972. Tokyo & Hiroshima, Hiroshima Museum of Arts, Tamara de Lempicka, 1997

Sothebys. May 7, 2014.

Tamara Łempicka (1898 – 1980)

Lot 363. Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980), French Riviera, signed ‘LEMPICKA’ (lower right) oil on canvas, 28¾ x 21¼ in. (73 x 54 cm.). Painted in 1960. Estimate $14,000 – $18,000.

Provenance: Estate of the artist. Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1987.

Exhibited: (possibly) Paris, Galerie Ror-Vomar and Vichy, Galerie Ror-Volmar, T. de Lempicka, oeuvres récentes et anciennes, 1930-1960, May-August 1961 and (possibly) New York, Iolas Gallery, Tamara de Lempicka, December 1961.

Christies. 7 May 2014.

Tamara Łempicka (1898 – 1980)

Rysunek Tamary Łempickiej z dobra proweniencją, stąd wysoka cena.

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Lot 347. Tamara de Lempicka (Polish, 1898-1980). “Portrait of a Young Girl in a Green Dress”. Pen and pencil drawing on paper. 1929-30. Signed lower left. Light cream wove paper. Very good condition. From the Artist to her daughter, Marie C. “Kizette” de Lempicka Foxhall, to private collector, Cuernavaca, Mexico. Our example is a preliminary study for the finished painting of the same name. Lempicka, born Maria Górska in Warsaw, Poland, was an Art Deco painter and “the first woman artist to be a glamour star.” Image copyright © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Overall size: 11 1/16 x 8 3/4 in. (281 x 222 mm). Image size: 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 in. (248 x 190 mm). Provenance: From the Artist to her daughter, Marie C. “Kizette” de Lempicka Foxhall, to private collector, Cuernavaca, Mexico. Estimated Price: $10,000 – $12,000.

Stanford Auctioneers. 4/12/14.

Tamara Łempicka (1898 – 1980)

Tamara Łempicka. FRUITS DANS UNE COUPE III

Lot 144. *TAMARA DE LEMPICKA (1898-1980) Provenance : -Atelier de l’artiste. FRUITS DANS UNE COUPE III, CIRCA 1963. – Collection particulière, Milan. Huile sur toile. Bibliographie: Signée en bas à droite -Alain Blondel, Tamara de Lempicka : Catalogue raisonné, 1921-1979, 40,6 x 50,8 cm -16 x 20 in. Lausanne, 1999, reproduit en page 409 sous le numéro B.453. Signed lower right, oil on canvas. Estimate : 15 000 / 20 000 €. Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris. 9th of april 2014.

Tamara Łempicka (1898 – 1980)

Tamara Łempicka. La chemise rose II, 1928

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Tamara Lempicka. La chemise rose II, signed ‘LEMPICKA’ (lower right)
oil on panel, 16¼ x 13 in. (41.3 x 33 cm.). Painted in 1928. Estimate: £2,500,000 – £3,500,000  ($4,100,000 – $5,740,000). Christie’s, 4 luty 2014. Lot # 33

Provenance

Pierre de Montaut, Paris, by whom acquired directly from the artist in 1975.
Acquired in 1987, and thence by descent to the present owner.

Literature

T. de Lempicka, Annotated Photo Albums, Houston, 1923, no. 63.
Die Dame, Berlin, April 1929 (illustrated).
L. Chiarelli, ‘Tamara de Lempiska’, in La Donna, April 1930 (illustrated p. 36).
M. Vaux, Fonds Lempicka, Paris, 1972.
K. de Lempicka-Foxhall & C.L. Phillips, Passion by Design, the Arts and Times of Tamara de Lempicka, New York, 1987, p. 110 (illustrated).
E. Thormann, Tamara de Lempicka, Kunstkritik und Künstlerinnen in Paris, Berlin, 1993, no. 58 (illustrated p. 189).
A. Blondel, Tamara de Lempicka, Catalogue raisonné, 1921-1979, Lausanne, 1999, no. B.105, p. 183 (illustrated).

Exhibited: Tokyo, Seibu Gallery, Tamara de Lempicka, 1981.