Tamara De Lempicka (1898-1980)
Lot 327 Property from the Collection of Princess Maria Beatrice di Savoia

Tamara De Lempicka (1898-1980)

Arums VIII

Closed16 May 2017

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Tamara De Lempicka (1898-1980)
Arums VIII
signed 'T. LEMPICKA' (upper left)
oil on canvas
31 ½ x 19 ½ in. (80 x 49.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1965

Princess Maria Beatrice di Savoia and Luis Reyna Corvalan, Cuernavaca (acquired from the artist, 1979).
Gift from the above to the present owner.

Specialist note

Alain Blondel has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

After the death of her husband, Lempicka left New York for Houston to live with her daughter Kizette's family before eventually settling in Cuernavaca, Mexico in 1978, where she bought a villa named Tres Bambus. At that time, the city of Cuernavaca was popular with the international jetsetting elite and favored by Elizabeth Taylor, Barbara Hutton, Gary Cooper, Omar Sharif and the like. In this glamorous city, Lempicka would spend her final years, enriched by her close friendship with the Princess Maria Beatrice di Savoia, the first owner of this work.