Kiki Man Ray : art, love, and rivalry in 1920s Paris / Mark Braude.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Braude, Mark, author.

Contributor:

Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kiki, 1901-1953.

Artists' models--France--Biography.

Artists--France--Biography.

Art and society--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Montparnasse (Paris, France)--History--20th century.

Art and society.

Artists.

Artists' models.

France.

France--Paris.

France--Paris--Montparnasse.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., [2022]

Summary:

"A dazzling portrait of Paris's forgotten artist and cabaret star, whose incandescent life asks us to see the history of modern art in new ways. In freewheeling 1920s Paris, Kiki de Montparnasse captivated as a nightclub performer, sold out gallery showings of her paintings, starred in Surrealist films, and shared drinks and ideas with the likes of Jean Cocteau and Marcel Duchamp. Her best-selling memoir-featuring an introduction by Ernest Hemingway-made front-page news in France and was immediately banned in America. All before she turned thirty. Kiki was once the symbol of bohemian Paris. But if she is remembered today, it is only for posing for several now-celebrated male artists, including Amedeo Modigliani and Alexander Calder, and especially photographer Man Ray. Why has Man Ray's legacy endured while Kiki has become a footnote? Kiki and Man Ray met in 1921 during a chance encounter at a café. What followed was an explosive decade-long connection, both professional and romantic, during which the couple grew and experimented as artists, competed for fame, and created many of the shocking images that cemented Man Ray's reputation as one of the great artists of the modern era. The works they made together, including the Surrealist icons Le Violon d'Ingres and Noire et blanche, now set records at auction. Charting their volatile relationship, award-winning historian Mark Braude illuminates for the first time Kiki's seminal influence not only on Man Ray's art, but on the culture of 1920s Paris and beyond. As provocative and magnetically irresistible as Kiki herself, Kiki Man Ray is the story of an exceptional life that will challenge ideas about artists and muses-and the lines separating the two"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Old Songs Sung from a Marble Tabletop

2. A Cafe Isn't a Church

3. See the Disappearing Boy

4. Sessions

5. Grand Hotel

6. All Tomorrow's Parties

7. Waking Dream Seance

8. An Italian Heir, a French Novelist, a Japanese Painter, and an American Collector

9. A Dada Dust-Up

10. A Sailing and Several Stories

11. She Will Be the Actor Too

12. The Interpretation of Dreams

13. Into the Light

14. Come Closer

15. Going Away

16. Kiki with African Mask

17. Leave Me Alone

18. The Years of Madness

19. She Became Restless

20. Don't Hesitate! Come to Montparnasse!

21. 1929

22. Queen of the Underground

23. The Path of Duty

24. When I Get the Blues, I Change Eras

25. A Winter and a Spring.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1891 Department of Arts Fund.

ISBN:

9781324006015

1324006013

OCLC:

1272856721