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Tamara de Lempicka 1898-1980 by Gilles Néret
4.0
An informative read on Lempicka’s cubist-neoclassical compromise, not to mention a pearl-clutcher: I never knew that the zaftig model behind Beautiful Rafaela was Lempicka’s lover! Or that she staged a literal nude model open casting on UCLA’s campus for Susanna in the Bath.
However, the Baron’s fate is loose thread in this book-length essay. I wanted to read Nerét’s words on Myrto, Two Women on a Couch, Lempicka’s post-coital self-portrait that the Baron (a devoted patron) purchased and was subsequently stolen by Nazis during the ascent of WWII.
However, the Baron’s fate is loose thread in this book-length essay. I wanted to read Nerét’s words on Myrto, Two Women on a Couch, Lempicka’s post-coital self-portrait that the Baron (a devoted patron) purchased and was subsequently stolen by Nazis during the ascent of WWII.