icon - kiki de montparnasse

by man ray, 1922

noire et blanc by man ray, 1926

by gaston paris, 1937-1939

kiki de montparnasse et hermine david, paris, années 1920

by man ray, 1922

by man ray, 1923

kiki de montparnasse on the cover of paris plaisir, ca.1930

peggy guggenheim, kiki, aragon et clothilde photographed by man ray, 1923

kiki, par foujita, 1929

by man ray, 1926

by julian mandel, 1920

etude, by man ray, 1924

all i need is an onion, a bit of bread, and bottle of red wine; and i will always find somebody to offer me that. - kiki

the story-tellers, part 43

elizabeth taylor dressed as an odalisque, photographed by firooz zahedi, 1976.

la grande odalisque by jean-auguste dominique, 1814.

odalisque by achille jacques-jean marie devéria, 1800-1857.

odalisque I photographed by horst p. horst, 1943.

la grande odalisque (after ingres) by pablo picasso, 1907.

kiki de montparnasse en odalisque photographed by man ray, 1925.

odalisque by françois boucher, 1745.

odalisque seated with arms raised, green striped chair by henri matisse, 1923.

a modern odalisque photographed by e. donald roberts jr., ca. 1894.

man ray - i want your sex

automne, 1929

anatomies, 1929

nusch & paul éluard 

monument to sade, 1933

the fantasies of mr. seabrook, ca. 1930

meret oppenheim, ca. 1930

lips (the kiss variation), 1930

leg in one stocking with garter

été, 1929

picasso with yvonne zervos & another woman, ca. 1930s

meret oppenheim, 1933

prayer la priére, 1930

nusch & ady, 1937

la prostitution (man ray & kiki de montparnasse), 1925

self-portrait with meret oppenheim, 1933

lee miller & friend, ca. 1930s

dora maar's legs, 1936

all photographs by man ray.

the perfect birthday gift.....

dancer jean rai demonstrating the black bottom blues, the latest dance craze from america at the lido club in the champs-élysées, 1925

portrait of man ray, paris, 1934

terrace of café. Paris, ca. 1925

tightrope walker, by kiki, 1929

foujita, paris, 1928

kiki de montparnasse as a prostitute soliciting for man ray in the South of France, ca. 1925

picabia in his studio, ca. 1910-1915

le marché aux soieries à paris, by kiki, 1932

paris in the 1920s with kiki de montparnasse published by assouline....a little pricey but gorgeous.  i may have to splurge on myself this year.  

la femmes de man ray - alice prin/kiki de montparnasse

noir et blanche, 1926

1926

1922

kiki en odalisque, ca. 1925

1926

1922

la prostitution (man ray & kiki de montparnasse), 1925

le violon d'ingres, 1924

all photographs by man ray.

in 1921, having broken with his wife, adon lacroix, man ray left new york for paris. there he would meet alice prin - a bohemian artist's model & famous performer who went by the name kiki de montparnasse - kiki was slang for vagina. for 8 years she would be his constant companion and most famous muse & model. she posed for such photographs as violon d'ingres (1924) and blanche et noire (1926) and hundreds more, including experimental films. it is rumoured that there are pornographic images of the two of them - including one where kiki is performing fellatio on man ray. they seemed to have a passionate, tumultuous affair that ended in 1929. kiki had become too much for man ray- she was noisily arrested after she got into a fight in a bar in nice & hit a policeman who called her a whore. man ray arranged for a lawyer to represent her who could only get her out of prison by declaring that she had a "nervous disorder".  their relationship was sporatic after that & ended when man ray fell in love with his assistant lee miller.  kiki was herself already involved in another affair.  the two will forever be entwined for me - the images of kiki by man ray are so full of love & lust!