Tamara de Lempicka

Enrique de la Medina-Caraza, Cuernavaca, Mexico (acquired from the artist and sold: Christie's, New York, February 16, 1989, lot 62)
Acquired at the above sale 

Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Tamara Lempicka. La Regina del Moderno, 2011, no. 77, illustrated in color in the catalogue

Alain Blondel, Lempicka, Catalogue raisonné 1921-1979, Lausanne, 1999, no. B.317, illustrated in color p. 364

Canvas is unlined. Some vertical cracking to the surface, predominantly in the background at left. Bearing the signature Tamara Lempicka and dated New York 1955 (on the reverse in another hand). Under UV light some scattered dots and small hairline strokes of retouching at places around the extreme perimeter to address prior frame abrasion. A few small dots are also visible in the background near the bouquet below the yellow rose at left and above white rose at center, otherwise fine. This work is in good condition.
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