In 2017, the artwork was recovered by Dutch art crime investigator Artur Brand alongside a stolen piece by Salvador Dalí.
However, the artist decided to portray the woman in a very modern manner: she has a chic flapper hairstyle and her figure is presented against an urban landscape.
The skyscrapers visible in the background demonstrate "a maturation in Lempicka’s style, as they represent her exposure to the new technological marvels of America".
[4][5] In November 2018, the painting was purchased by an anonymous buyer for over US$ 9 million at a Christie's auction in New York.
Lempicka's The Musician set a new record for the most expensive painting by a Polish artist at the time.