Tamara de Lempicka

Polish, 1898–1980

Le rêve, 1927

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Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 81 x 60 cm. (31.9 x 23.6 in.)

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Catalogue Raisonné: • A. Blondel, Lempicka catalogue raisonné 1921-1979, Lausanne 1999, n° B.85 p. 162 illustrated in colour
Provenance: • Galerie du Luxembourg (Alain Blondel), Paris (acquired from the artist in 1972)
• Private collection, San Francisco (acquired from the above in 1972)
• Barry Friedman Ltd., New York (acquired from the above in 1984)
• Toni Schulman, New York (acquired from the above in 1985)
• Private collection (acquired from the above)
Exhibitions: • Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, 28th International Exhibition of Paintings, 1929, n° 212
• Paris, Salon des Indépendants 1929, n°2262
• Forest Park, Saint Louis, Art Museum, 28th International Exhibition of Paintings, Carnegie Prize, march 1930
• Tokyo, Seibu (end January – 25 February), Osaka, Seibu (end February – 20 March 1981), Tamara de Lempicka, 1981
• Rome, Académie de France, Tamara de Lempicka, tra eleganza e trasgressione, 10 February – 1 May 1994, n° 18 illustrated
• Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Tamara de Lempicka, Elegant Transgressions, 16 June – 2 February 1994, n° 18
• New York, Barry Friedman Ltd., Tamara de Lempicka, 8 October – 30 November 1996, n° 13
• Tokyo, Isetan Museum, Tamara de Lempicka, 1 July – 10 November 1997, n° 21
• Hiroshima, Museum of Art, Tamara de Lempicka, 1 July – 10 November 1997, n° 21
• Nagoya, Matsuzakaya Museum, Tamara de Lempicka, 1 July – 10 November 1997, n° 21
• Osaka, Daimaru Museum, Tamara de Lempicka, 1 July – 10 November 1997, n° 21
• London, Royal Academy of Arts, Tamara de Lempicka. Art Deco icon, 15 May – 13 August 2004, n° 21 p. 85 illustrated in colour
• Vienna, Kunstforum Wien, Tamara de Lempicka. Art Deco icon, 15 September 2004 – 2 January 2005, n° 21 p. 85 illustrated in colour
• Milan, Palazzo Reale, Tamara de Lempicka, 5 October 2006 – 14 January 2007, n° 27 p. 130 illustrated in colour
• Rome, Complesso del Vittoriano, Tamara de Lempicka. La regina del Moderno, 11 March – 1 July 2011, n° 32 illustrated in colour
Literature: • T. de Lempicka, noted photo-albums, Lempicka Archives, Houston 1923, n° 51
• A. Alexandre, Tamara de Lempicka, La Renaissance de l’Art Français et des Industries du Luxe, XII, Paris July 1929, p. 336,
illustrated p. 333
• « Pittsburgh Sun – Telegraph », 20 October 1929, illustrated
• « The Brooklyn Daily Eagle », 27 October 1929, illustrated
• « Pittsburgh Sun – Telegraph », The artist’s daughter, 13 November 1929
• « St. Louis Globe Democrate », 9 March 1930, illustrated
• “The Post Dispatch”, Women gain notice in Carnegie exhibit, 16 March 1930
• M. Vaux, Fonds Lempicka, M.N.A.M. Paris, 1972, n° 51
• G. Bazin – H. Itsuki, Tamara de Lempicka. Il mito del ritratto, Tokyo 1980, n° 40
• E. Thormann, Tamara de Lempicka. Kunstkritik und Künsterinen in Paris, Berlin 1993, n° 38
• G. Mori, Lempicka in « Art e Dossier », IX, n° 87 February 1994, p. 26 and footnote n° 9 p. 32, illustrated p. 26
• M. Calvesi – A. Borghese, Tamara de Lempicka. Tra eleganza e trasgressione, Rome-Montreal, Milan, 1994 , n°18, illustrated p. 50
• G. Mori, Tamara de Lempicka – Paris 1920-1938, Florence 1994, n° 41 p. 243, illustrated p. 140
• A. Blondel – U. Hirohi, Tamara de Lempicka, Tokyo 1997, n° 21illustrated p. 66
• A.A.V.V., Tamara de Lempicka. Art Deco Icon. London-Vienna, Royal Academy and Kustforum, 15 May – 13 August 2004, illustrated p. 84 n°21
• S. Penck, Tamara de Lempicka, Munich – Berlin – London – New York 2004, illustrated p. 49
• P. Bade, Lempicka, New York 2006, illustrated p. 63
• G. Mori, Tamara de Lempicka, Milan, Palazzo Reale, 5 October 2006 – 14 January 2007, n°27 p. 130 illustrated in colour
• A. Blondel, Tamara de Lempicka, Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, 14 May – 2 August 2009, illustrated p. 56
• A. Blondel – E. Bréon, Tamara de Lempicka et son époque, Tokyo, Bunkamura Museum of Art (6 March – 9 May 2010) ; Hyogo, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (18 May – 25 July 2010), illustrated p. 17

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Signed twice with initials on the reverse: T.L. T.L.

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