Tamara DeLempicka
"Suddenly, I become aware of a women walking some distance in front of me. As she walks, everyone coming in the opposite direction stops and looks at her. They turn their heads as she passes by. I am curious. Then I see why everyone stops. She is the most beautiful woman I have ever seen - huge black eyes, beautiful sensous mouth, beautiful body. I took her home in my car and we had lunch. After lunch, in my studio, I said, 'Undress, I want to paint you.' She undressed without any shame."
The Sunday Times Magazine (London) called the painting "one of the most remarkable nudes of the century."