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“Portrait de
Baroness Louisanne Kuffner
de Dioszegh” (Age 15) by Tamara de
Lempicka Portrait of Baron Kuffner’s daughter, born of a first marriage Vers 1939 Inscriptions: Non signe Huile sur toile,
28 x 23 cm, 11x9” Collections: 1940 Collection Privee De Baroness Louisanne Kuffner de Dioszegh
Literature: Blondel, Lempicka Catalogue Raisonne 1921-1979, 1999, n° B.217 Breon, Emmanuel, "Tamara de Lempicka - The Artist - The Woman - The Legend", Le Musee des Annees 30, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 2005, Flammarion, p. 20 "Tamara de Lempicka", Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy, Skira, 2004, p. 154, n° 46 "Lempicka - A Artista - A Muller - A Lenda", Casa das Artes, Vigo, Spain. Fundacion Caixa Galicia, 2007, p. 20 Blondel, Alain, "Tamara de Lempicka", Museo del Palacio de Bellas Arts, Mexico City, Mexico, 2009, TF Editores, p. 72-73, n° 5 "Tamara de Lempicka et Son Epoque", Bunkamura Museum of Art, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, NTNC, 2010, p. 110-111, n° 045 2006 Exposition Personnelle. Boulogne-Billancourt, France, Musee des Annees 30. <<Tamara de Lempicka>> 2006 Exposition Personnelle. Milan, Italy, Palazzo Reale. <<Tamara de Lempicka>> 2007 Exposition Personnelle. Vigo, Spain, Casa das Artes. <<Tamara de Lempicka>> 2009 Exposition Personnelle. Mexico City, Mexico, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes <<Tamara de Lempicka>> 2010 Exposition Personnelle. Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan Bunkamura Museum of Art <<Tamara de Lempicka et Son Epoque>> 2010 Exposition Personnelle. Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan, Hyogo Prefectual Museum, <<Tamara de Lempicka et Son Epoque>>
Excerpt from “Tamara de Lempicka – A Life of Deco and Decadence” By Laura Claridge p.157
He [Baron Raoul Kuffner] had followed the aristocratic custom of marrying for
companionship and procreation, seeking sexual fulfillment elsewhere, apparently
with the consent of his wife, Sara Arola, whom he married in 1910.
The couple had two children, Peter, born in 1914, and Louisanne, born in
1919. p.286
She [Tamara] arranged a memorial service for Kuffner.... Both Louisanne Kuffner
Eklund and Peter Kuffner attended the service, marking the last time Kizette saw
either her stepsister or her stepbrother.
Accounting to Louisanne, Tamara despised her stepchildren and turned
Kizette against them. **
If such hatred existed before the estate was divided in 1961, no evidence
exists.
It seems more likely that Lempicka had felt nothing worse than
indifference to Kuffner's children.
After all, just two months earlier, the Paris press had reported that
Raoul's son and his wife attended the party connected to the Ror Volmar show.
And Louisanne, today Mrs. Nathaniel Glickman, still owns a small portrait
of herself painted by her stepmother. ** Ref. Letter to the author, 20 November 1997, Springfield, Oregon. In general, both Peter and Louisanne Kuffner declined to speak of their father or stepmother.
Modern Art International Auction Butterfield’s – San Francisco – June 7, 2000 Lot #122 p. 220-221 Renowned
as the quintessential Art Deco portrait painter, Tamara
de Lempicka led a glamorous and privileged life as the wife of Baron
Raoul Kuffner de Dioszegh.
She traveled between studios and home throughout Europe during the
1920’s and ‘30’s.
As war broke out in Europe, de Lempicka and Baron Kuffner took up
residence in the United States.
In 1940 they settled in Beverly Hills, at the former home of producer
King Vidor.
Here they entertained such celebrities as Great Garbo, Charles Boyer and
Dolores Del Rio. According
to the sitter of this lot, “When the Second World War broke out in 1939, my
step sister Kizette and I were in France, my brother Peter was in Scotland, and
my parents, Baron Raoul Kuffner de Dioszegh and my stepmother, the artist Tamara
de Lempicka, were in the United States.
They could not return to Europe and we had to apply for immigration visas
to the United States.
It was the end of July, 1940 when Kizette and I arrived in Beverly
Hills… It was at this time that Tamara de Lempicka began a full length
portrait of me.
Unfortunately, she did not finish it that summer… as a result, the full
length painting was never completed.” Instead, following the death of the Baron in 1961, de Lempicka cropped the canvas to the present size and sent it to the baroness as a memento of her stay in Beverly Hills. All images © 2004 Art Du Monde Foundation. Unauthorized reproduction and use without permission is strictly prohibited.
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