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Portrait of a woman (retrato de dama)
By Enrique Dorda y Rodriguez (1872 Leon, Castilla-1944)
Pastel, signed and dated lower right: E.Dorda 1925 (Firmado y fechado "E.Dorda 1925" abajo a la derecha)
In its original old frame.
71 x 59 cm 27.95 x 23.22 inches at sight
88 x 75 cm 34.64 x 29.52 inches with frame
Dorda was one of the best pastel portrait painters of his time. After a brief stay in Havana in 1927, he settled in New York where he acquired a great reputation as a portrait painter; among his models, opera singers such as Lucrezia Bori, and Hollywood stars such as Greta Garbo, Marlène Dietrich or Katherine Hepburn.
In 1930 Dorda exhibited at Gallery Chambrun, Madison Avenue, New York.
An important collection of his works is kept in the Museum of Leon in Spain (Collection Maria Conception Gago Montilla) and other works are in American private collections.
Enrique Dorda fue uno de los mejores retratistas al pastel de su época y un hombre de mundo. Nacido en 1872 en Leon. Tras una breve estancia en La Habana en 1927, viajo a Nueva York donde acabo estableciendose. En la Gran Manzana adquirio gran fama como retratista, figurando entre sus modelos cantantes de opera como Lucrezia Bori y estrellas de Hollywood como Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich o Katherine Hepburn (Pablo Monserrat biografia de Dorda)
Literature: Pablo Monserrat Gago: el pintor Enrique Dorda, de Leon a Nueva York, Museo de Leon. Menoslobos taller editorial Espana 2018. ISBN: 978-84-948087-2-2.
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