Tamara de Lempicka

Private Collection, United States (acquired by 1990)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Paris, Pinacothèque de Paris, Tamara de Lempicka, la Reine de l''Art déco, 2013, no. 93, illustrated in colour the catalogue

Marc Vaux, Fonds Lempicka, Paris, 1972
Alain Blondel, Lempicka, Catalogue raisonné, 1921-1979, Lausanne, 1999, no. B215, illustrated p. 303 

The canvas is not lined. There is a repaired tear with some associated fluoresence visible under UV light to the sitter's left part of the forehead and eye. There is a further area of fluorescence to the left and right of the sitter's tunic that does not appear to be associated with retouching. There is a pinhole towards the upper left corner, a further pinhole a quarter in dimension directly below and another along the upper edge. There is a slight paint loss towards the center of the lower edge and there is a slight undulation predominantly towards the lower left corner. The florescence visible along the lower edge results in some slight discoloration visible to the naked eye; this work would benefit from a light clean. Otherwise this work is in overall fairly good condition.
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