Portrait of a nude, 1925, whose whereabouts during most of the twentieth century it was known, will be auctioned in New York with an estimate of 5.3 million dollars

evening auction at one of the leading auction houses May 2, 2012 in New York will be an important work of modernist painter Tamara de Lempicka « Nude, leaning back in her chair. I ». This is a classic example of elegant and sensual aesthetics Lempicka. Whereabouts of the portrait was unknown to the 1920s. The picture in the last exhibited in 1925 at the artist's solo exhibition at the Milan Gallery Bottegia di Poesia and then disappeared from view art community until 2011, when the owner offered to sell the work of the auction at the auction of Impressionist and Modern. Cloth, first show in London, and in May will be traded in New York with an estimate of 3.5 million dollars.

portrait painted in 1925, when Tamara de Lempicka yet won recognition the public. After the exhibition in the gallery Bottegia di Poesia established artist in the ranks of the avant-garde, and paintings from the Milan exhibition is now considered one of the most successful on the track in the artistic heritage Lempicka. These include, in addition to this portrait, and "Portrait of Duchess de la Salle," sold at auction in 2009 for 4.45 million dollars.

exhibition of Tamara de Lempicka Gallery Bottegia di Poesia, Milan Photo 1925 The second picture on the right - "Nude, leaning back in her chair. I » Source: artdaily.com

history of existence of "naked, leaning back in her chair. I »for almost the entire twentieth century is unknown. The catalog Raisonné of the artist, in 1999 the only image of this portrait is in black and white photos of the general plan of the exhibition in Milan in 1925. In the graph provenance is recorded only that the "seat of the [work] do not know." Last year, the auction house was contacted by a collector from the West Coast. He said that he found the job many years ago, but did not realize its value, he just liked it, and he preferred to keep her at home. It was only ten years later, when the owner realized that his possession was the original Lempicka, he decided to follow the advice of his art consultant and put the portrait up for auction. After the necessary expertise authorship of the work has been confirmed.

In recent years, interest in the work at a public auction Lempicka increased. In June 2011, for example, the picture of "The Sleeping" sold for 6.6 million dollars, and five months later, picture "The Dream (Rafael on a green background)" was bought for 8.48 million dollars .

Prepared by Mary Onuchina, AI

Sources : artdaily.com , artinvestment.ru