Kiki de montparnasse

We examine the actress, singer and muse to Man Ray who took her life into her own hands, and indelibly influenced the trajectory of Paris's roaring 1920s in the process

KIKI, Andre Kertesz.

Alice Ernestine Prin (October 2, 1901 - April 29, 1953), was a French artists' model, nightclub singer, actress and painter. Her chosen name was simply Kiki, but she was also referred to as Reine de la Montparnasse ("the Queen of Montparnasse") and Kiki de Montparnasse ("Kiki of Montparnasse"). She flourished in, and helped define, the 1920s liberated culture of Paris. In 1996, biographers Billy Klüver and Julie Martin called her one of the century's first truly independent women.

Kiki de Montparnasse,1930. Man Ray.

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KIKI DE MONTPARNASSE (Man Ray) - Born Alice Ernestine Prin in Burgundy, Kiki had a wretched childhood that could only lead to laughter or despair, and being solid and brave she chose laughter. Kiki was painted by Soutine, Modigliani, Foujita and Kisling and most famously photographed by Man Ray, whose lover she was for eight stormy years. She sang bawdy songs in nightclubs. In 1929 was named Queen of Montparnasse.

Kiki de Montparnasse was an actress, singer, and muse to Man Ray, also known as the "Queen of Montparnasse".

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Man Ray1890 - 1976Catherine Hesslingunique gelatin silver print with applied gouache, the photographer's '31 bis,