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Tamara de Lempicka, Irene and her Sister, 1925
Oil on canvas, 146 × 89 cm (57 1/2 × 35 in). Private Collection. Courtesy of Irena Hochman Fine Art Ltd.
© 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
In Irene and Her Sister, Lempicka transforms familial intimacy into a scene of theatrical elegance. The Declair sisters—her own cousins—are rendered with the stylized precision and emotional ambiguity characteristic of Lempicka’s best work. Irene, with eyes rolled heavenward, evokes the ecstatic expressions found in Baroque saintly portraits, blending innocence with a subtle hint of dramatized mysticism. Her sister, more grounded in her gaze, provides a visual counterbalance, anchoring the composition in the realm of the real. The painting radiates a quiet reverence, not just for the subjects, but for the layered bonds of kinship and the inner worlds that flicker just behind their eyes.
