Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980), Portrait de Kizette

Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980)
Portrait de Kizette
stamped with signature ‘T.DE LEMPICKA’ (lower right)
oil on canvas
52 3/8 x 22 7/8 in. (133.1 x 58.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1924

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Provenance
Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris (agent for the artist).
Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York (acquired from the above, circa 1979).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 26 March 1983, lot 100.
Private collection, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired by the present owner, 2001.

Saleroom Notice
Please note the updated provenance for this work below:
Galerie du Luxembourg, Paris (agent for the artist).
Barry Friedman, Ltd., New York (acquired from the above, circa 1979).
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 26 March 1983, lot 100.
Private collection, New York (acquired at the above sale).
Acquired by the present owner, 2001.

Literature
(possibly) T. de Lempicka, Album-photos annoté, Archives Lempicka, Houston, 1923, no. 17.
G. Marmori, Tamara de Lempicka: Les oeuvres majeures de Tamara de Lempicka 1925 à 1935, Paris, 1978, p. 55 (illustrated).
G. Bazin and H. Itsuki, Tamara de Lempicka, Tokyo, 1980, no. 21 (illustrated in color; dated 1927).
G. Néret, Tamara de Lempicka, Cologne, 1991, p. 17 (illustrated in color; titled Kizette in Rosa and dated 1927).
E. Thormann, Tamara de Lempicka: Kunstkritik und Künstlerinnen in Paris, Berlin, 1993, p. 212, no. 27 (dated 1925).
G. Neret, Tamara de Lempicka: 1898-1980, Cologne, 1993, p. 17 (illustrated in color; dated 1927; as Kizette in Rosa).
A. Blondel, Tamara de Lempicka: Catalogue raisonné, 1921-1979, Lausanne, 1999, p. 119, no. B.48 (illustrated in color).
R. Gillette, The Art of the Interior, New York, 2011, p. 38 (illustrated).
G. Mori, Tamara de Lempicka: The Queen of Modern, Milan, 2011, p. 144 (illustrated in color, p. 145; dated circa 1923-1924).

Exhibited
Paris, Galerie du Luxembourg, Tamara de Lempicka de 1925 à 1935, June-July 1972, p. 12, no. 3
Tokyo and Osaka, Seibu, Tamara de Lempicka, January-February 1981.
Vienna, Kunstforum, Tamara de Lempicka: Femme fatale des Art Déco, September 2004-January 2005.
Boulogne-Billancourt, Musée des Années 30, Lempicka: The Artist, The Woman, The Legend, March-July 2006, p. 94 (illustrated in color).
Milan, Palazzo Reale, Tamara de Lempicka, October 2006-February 2007, p. 107, no. 11 (illustrated).
Vigo, Casa das Artes, Tamara de Lempicka, April-July 2007.
Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Tamara de Lempicka, May-August 2009, p. 78, no. 8 (illustrated in color, p. 79).
Tokyo, Bunkamura Museum of Fine Arts and Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Tamara de Lempicka et son époque, March-July 2010, pp. 48-49, no. 9.
Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Tamara de Lempicka: The Queen of Modern, March-July 2011, p. 144, no. 16 (illustrated in color, p. 145).
Seoul, Hangaram Art Museum, The Queen of Art Deco: Tamara de Lempicka, December 2016-March 2017.