kikidemontparnasse

#art #history: kiki!
all she needed was an onion, a bit of bread & a bottle of wine, but - in spite of her designation by leonard foujita as the life of montparnasse - she ended her glorious reign on the pavement in front of her flat, largely because of her penchant for drink & drugs. from precarious & painful beginnings, kiki carved a creative path through the jazz age as painter, singer, memoirist & muse.
alice prin, you live on.
#botd #kikiDeMontparnasse #illustration #paris

digital ink interpretation of one of man ray's many photographic depictions of kike de montparnasse/alice prin.
she directly faces the camera, but her eyes aren't fixed on it. hair is combed away from her face, trademark bowed lips in red.
behind her is an enormous shadow (in red), through which her name, 'kiki', is handwritten in white. underneath is a curved white line.

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