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Tamara de Lempicka, The Pink Slip (The Pink Shirt I), 1927
Oil on wood panel, 41 × 33 cm (16 1/8 × 13 in). Private Collection
© 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ ADAGP, Paris / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
In The Pink Slip, a woman adrift in languor, her body draped in a sheer, rose-hued garment, appears to dissolve into the canvas, a study in softness and suggestion. Her head tilts just so, a calculated angle that reins in the expanse of her form, preventing her from spilling beyond the boundaries of the frame. This subtle manipulation of space—rooted in the traditions of Mannerism—is here wielded by Lempicka with supreme grace. Yet the effect is far from academic. The woman’s posture, her translucent attire, and the ambient hush of the scene coalesce into something deeply emotive: desire caught mid-sigh, intimacy made art.
