
Lot 25. TAMARA DE LEMPICKA (1898-1980). Portrait du Docteur Boucard, signed ‘T. DE LEMPICKA’ (lower left), oil on canvas, 53 7⁄8 x 30 ¾ in. (137 x 78 cm.). Painted in 1928
Provenance: Dr Pierre Boucard, Paris, by whom commissioned directly from the artist in 1928, and thence by descent. Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 14 November 1985, lot 278. Acquired at the above sale, and thence by descent to the present owner.
Estimate: GBP 5,000,000 – GBP 8,000,000. Christie’s. 03/05/25, Sold 5,500,000 GBP (hammer); 6,635,000 GBP (bp)
Portret doktora Boucarda Tamary Łempickiej pochodzi z najbardziej poszukiwanego okresu artystki, z lat 30-tych XX wieku. Praca opisana była w literaturze oraz wielokrotnie wystawiana. Obraz licytowano od 3,500,000 GBP.