Tamara Łempicka (1898–1980), *DEUX AMIS* (*TWO FRIENDS*)

Giclée, Arches vellum paper, 77 x 85 cm, mounted in a frame and a double passe-partout with two gold slippers.
Producer: Elite Lithographers, Edmonton, Canada
License: Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC Canada
Tamara de Lempicka, known as the “baroness with a paintbrush,” reached the pinnacle of her unique style in the 1930 painting *La Dormeuse* (*The Sleeper*), which combines the decorative elements of Art Deco with a post-Cubist form. It is one of her most sensual and iconic works. Here, Lempicka employs her characteristic tight framing. The figure of the woman almost “bursts” out of the picture’s frame, giving the composition a monumental, almost sculptural character.
Lempicka’s biographers put forward the bold theory that the women depicted in this composition are Lempicka herself and Ira Perrot, who was Lempicka’s friend and lover.