Tamara Łempicka - Portrait of Marjorie Ferry, 1932

The serigraph "Portrait of Marjorie Ferry" issued in a limited edition of 100 copies has a certificate of authenticity confirmed with a dry seal by Tamara de Lempicka Estate LLC and bears Marisa de Lempicka's signature.

The portrait of Marjorie Ferry by Tamara Łempicka is officially the most expensive painting by a Polish artist. In 2020, the work broke a record and was sold for over PLN 82 million at an auction at London's Christie's. Marjorie Ferry is an English singer, whom the artist portrayed in her characteristic style. We are captivated here by the cubist form hidden under a white cover, the iconic red lips and the expressive, yet coquettish gaze of the portrayed woman. The whole is wrapped in perfect chiaroscuro with a sparkling ring with a precious stone. The story says that this gift, along with the painting by Łempicka herself, was given by her fiancé as part of the engagement. In Portrait of Marjorie Ferry, the artist masterfully smuggles the harmony and natural beauty of a woman, the queen of the stage.

Technique: serigraphy

Work dimensions: 120 x 78 [cm]

Dimensions in the frame: 166 x 120 [cm]

Limited edition of 100 copies

Frames: have been specially designed for the works of Tamara Łempicka. Their style refers to the years in which the artist created her paintings. The technology of making the frames is based on traditional gilding techniques. Silver flakes are placed manually on specially prepared, primed surfaces. The base primer is based on Bolognese chalk and organic adhesives, applied with a brush to specially prepared wooden surfaces. The final finish of the frames is shellac polishes applied with special tampons. The final layers of oil-pigment patinas give the frames a unique character and colors. Binding with an acid-free passe-partout and a bleached insert perfectly protects the paintings. The glass used is Belgian float 2 mm.

Tamara Łempicka (1898-1980) - Polish painter, whose work is the quintessence of the Art Deco style in painting. As a young girl, she studied at a boarding school in Lausanne, from where, thanks to her financial status, she could travel to Italy - she visited Venice, Florence, Rome - where she was fascinated by the painting of Renaissance masters. World War I found her in St. Petersburg, where she married a young lawyer, Tadeusz Łempicki. In 1918, the couple moved to Paris. Łempicka then began painting studies at the Academie de la Grand Chaumiere and at the Academie Ranson with Maurice Denis and Andrea Lothe. Her works could be found in Paris salons. She mainly painted nudes and portraits, mainly of beautiful and wealthy people. In 1928, she visited Warsaw three times, where an exhibition of her works was held at Zachęta; while she showed the next two paintings at the General National Exhibition in Poznań. In 1939, fleeing World War II, she left for the United States and settled in New York, spending the last years of her life in Mexico.