In Autoportrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti), how is the Patron discussed?
The female editor of Die Dame, a popular German fashion magazine, encountered De Lempicka in Monte Carlo while the almost-divorced baroness was on vacation and commissioned her to paint a self-portrait for an upcoming cover. De Lempicka replaced her yellow Renault with a green Bugatti because she believed that a green Bugatti appeared more elite and more beautiful.
Die Dame self-portrait Renault Monte Carlo Bugatti