Dating to the early 1930s, this drawing is a captivating portrait study of Lempicka’s daughter, Marie-Kristine known as Kizette, holding a sketchbook. Drawn in graphite in a polished, sculptural style, the modeling of the sitter’s visage attests to the artist’s control of the medium and layered artistry. Combining elements of post-Cubism, French Purism, her own study of the Italian Renaissance, and the works of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Lempicka’s signature style was markedly modern, but always idealized, resulting in the urbane vision of physical beauty that characterizes this portrait.