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Latest comment: 3 years ago by Younggoldchip in topic Portrait

Portrait

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Hello,

It appears that Amadeo Modiliaghni also had something to do, since a painting of his on display at the Museo Thyssen in Madrid may be of Kiki.

You are probably referring to: Amedeo Modigliani, Head of a Woman (1915) in the collection of the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. I do not agree with the point of view of Paloma Alarcó, it is much more likely that it is a portrait of Jeanne Hébuterne, his lover, common-law wife and frequent model. I have included a photograph and a picture for comparison. It must be said that Kiki was a friend of Tsuguharu Foujita as was Jeanne Hébuterne. The date of Modigliani meeting Jeanne and the date of the portrait would suggest in favour of Kiki, but I do not know how accurate the dates are. JHvW 08:01, 14 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

CORRECTION RE BURIAL PLACE OF KIKI

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For the record, "Kiki" was buried at the Cimetiere de Thiais a cemetery south of Paris. It is unlikely she has a headstone nor a visible grave due to the french practice of reuse of burial sites after a certain time unless a perpetual concession is bought. Therefore she is not in the Montparnasse cemetary.

She was not followed by a huge crowd as quoted, although her funeral cortege around her haunts of the carrefour Vavin drew a crowd, but only three, her friend Trieze, Andre Salmon and Foujita, attended the burial.

Man Ray did not have the decency to attend, and in my view he treated her very shabbily at the end of her life. He could at least have made life a little easier for her, being by then wealthy.

She did not die of a heart attack but a haemorrhage, she had chronic liver disease, she collapsed at her home rue Vavin, while feeding the birds, and died in hospital. Aged 53.

This is a good article but marred by this trivial bickering over her name, if you had asked her, she would have replied, "Kiki", thats good enough for me. She is known in all written and oral history as "Kiki de Montparnasse". Some years ago I talked to an elderly lifetime resident of the area who knew her, the name alice Prin meant nothing, Kiki however elicted a warm response. Kiki is not a slang term but a pet name and is still in use by a french singer, also styling herself "de montparnasse". Sorry but this discussion on the name smacks of academic nitpickin. There is also some evidence that at one time she called herself "Kiki Ray". Probably the only time she answered to the name Prin was in the police courts.

It is unfortunate that her memory has been sullied by the hijacking of her name for a chain of tacky sex shops. There are many hard to find articles by or about Kiki in Paris Match, Ici Paris post war and an interesting essay on her by Mark Gaipa can be found on the web. An interesting new addition to the Kiki history has just been published by Catel and Bocquet, which should not be dismissed in its 'bande dessinee' style as a non serious work.

I also have period [circa 192?] photos of the Rotonde wherein Kiki and Man Ray can be discerned under magnification Brytk 10:03, 18 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thank you Brytk for your post, even if it was 15 years ago. I am a big fan of Kiki, and go to Paris / Montparnasse often. It is sometimes my custom late at night to sit by the Wallace fountain @ the confluence of rue Brea and rue Vavin (sometimes these days called "Place Laurent-Terzieff-et-Pascale-de-Boysson" (though Kiki wouldn't have heard of them), open a demi of vin rouge and think of her. I wonder if this spot is where she collapsed feeding the birds, but I do know she had to have sat there or walked by often. Again, thanks for your post. There are so many false posts about her. Thank you for setting the record straight.
One of my most cherished books is "KiKi's Paris" by Billy Kluver and Julie Martin. Such wonderful photos of her and the gang. Highly recommended if you don't already have it. All the best. davequ (talk) 04:27, 10 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hello, Brytk and thank you for you contributions to this discussion page. Please feel free to edit the main article on Kiki with your factual corrections. They are welcome. WatchCat87 13:59, 18 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Thanks I will as soon as I feel sure enough to edit the main page, and have double checked my references, I`d like to add pictures tooBrytk 20:45, 18 April 2007 (UTC)Reply

Kiki's Death and location I have read in more than one place that instead of the location in this wiki article, Kiki actually died / collapsed from a heart attack outside her flat on the rue Brea in Paris. One such notation about it is in the International Herald Tribune here: http://www.iht.com/articles/1999/06/12/mont.2.t.php?page=2 (see second-to-last paragragh on page 2). Also same at "findagrave" here: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8954868 ~~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Davequ (talkcontribs) 22:18, 28 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

According to the French Wikipedia, Kiki was buried in Thiais. Her grave was cleared in 1974. I have looked for her tomb in Montparnasse but have not been able to find it. Yet somebody quotes from the headstone. Does anybody know where that headstone is? Thiais is the place where people who have little money are buried. The link to the quote is from find-a-grave, but even they now (2013) state that she was buried in Thiais. I have been told she was actually buried in Thiais in division 75. According to this article she never returned to Paris and died in Sanary-sur-Mer, which I believe is on the Côte-d'Azur (but this may have come from some unreliable source such as IMDB). Yet above it is stated she died while living in the Rue Vavin, which is in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris. Above it is also stated that she died aged 53. Although there is some discussion on which date she actually died, it is ususually around March-April 1953, making her 51. This article seems to be riddled with errors. Anybody know a reliable source? JHvW 23:41, 13 May 2013 (UTC)Reply
I certainly agree with the question about her tombstone epitaph, any published source quote it?Cloptonson (talk) 08:09, 5 March 2021 (UTC)Reply

Kiki's Parents

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Does anyone know the names of Kiki's parents? I've never stumbled across their names and I'm writing an article on her life. Thanks- Samantha555 (talk) 02:57, 27 August 2008 (UTC)Reply

I have never seen any discussion about her father, but her mother and grandmother are mentioned in many references seen while looking for references for the article. If I recall correctly, her mother was named, Louise, but I would have to find the sources again to be sure. Sources citing the name exist, however, if you want to look. ---- 83d40m (talk) 15:48, 27 September 2008 (UTC)Reply
There is an excellent book "Kiki's Paris- Artists and Lovers 1900-1930" by Billy Kluver and Julie Martin containing many excellent Montparnasse fotos of Kiki in her "prime." In this book on page 60 it says:

"Her mother, Marie Prin, worked as a linotypist for a local newspaper. Marie's lover, Kiki's father, was Maxime Legros, a coal and wood merchant whose shop was just down the street." (in Chatillon-sur-Seine, a small town in Burgundy). For anyone interested in Kiki's life, I highly recommend checking out this book from a lending library. I cannot personally vouch for it's accuracy, but due to the scope / size and amount of data (700 illustrations, 12 maps, 264 pages total) it is in the very least a "Kiki-fan's" dream. davequ (talk) 22:33, 28 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

CORRECTION: ARTWORK AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY

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"She never returned as a resident." [citation needed] This apparently is incorrect according to Art Buchwald's memoir, "I'll Always Have Paris!" Buchwald relates seeing Kiki in Paris dancing on tables at cafes in the late 1940s. He writes on page 16 of how "She went from cafe to cafe and danced on tables while the crowd pretended to love it. I found it sad the first time I saw it--and even sadder each time after that." This behaviour hardly seems possible unless she was a resident. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.41.15.59 (talk) 05:55, 19 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Spurious Photographs

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French postcards purporting to be of Alice Prin (Kiki) have been circulating the internet for years and have wound up here on Wikipedia. Anyone familiar with the subject knows they are not her. Kiki posed nude quite often in the 1920s, for photographer Man Ray and painters such as Foujita, Soutine, Pascin and Kisling. She even did a few "artistic" porn shots with Ray collectively entitled "The Four Seasons". But there is no evidence she ever sat for commercial erotica. Her portraits and nudes show a fleshy woman with broad shoulders, pear-shaped breasts and very big hips, to say nothing of her distinctive facial features. (Her epic angular nose was practically her trademark - Alexander Calder made a wire sculpture of it). Google images for "Man Ray Kiki" with safe search off, and compare.

The only feasible time that necessity might have driven Kiki to do anonymous softcore was a period of some months in 1918, after her mother kicked her out and before she hooked up with her first lover, painter Maurice Mendjizky; but the visual documentation is against this. Mendjizky's portrait of Kiki at age 18 (1919), Ray's earliest photos of her (1921), and a self-portrait sketched in a letter to Tristan Tzara prove she did not adopt her signature sleek bobbed hair until after March 1922, the year Foujita's painting "Nude with a Jouy Fabric" made both the artist and Kiki famous throughout France. So she could not have posed for the attributed postcards before then. And she would not have afterwards, because she was a star of the Montparnasse art scene - and well knew it.

Also note that the Wiki article for postcard photographer Julian Mandel is unsourced and Kiki does not appear in the text (though she has a link below). With no reliable provenance linking the postcards with Kiki, I believe they should be removed. TheBawbb (talk) 18:45, 5 April 2014 (UTC)Reply

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Copying my message from Talk:Julien Mandel, since several of his photos are used in this article: The apparently confirmed later than generally thought death date for Julian Mandel means that Mandel's photos are not yet legally copyright expired in his home country of France, so there is a pending deletion request: Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_in_Category:Photographs_by_Julian_Mandel (For those who don't know, the Commons discussions are just as to matters of copyright, not whether they think they are good images something, so it's not a matter of votes.) It looks likely that if the 1961 date is confirmed, Mandel's works on Commons will be deleted, with undeletion scheduled for 2032. BUT! A good bit of Madel's work (pre-1926 publication) is ok for US use - and here at English language Wikipedia. So if someone wishes to local copies of a good sample and upload them here on en:w (with appropriate note that they are not yet internationally OK for Commons - {{Do not move to Commons|expiry=2032}}) they could be used for articles here for the next 10 years. Heads up before are those easily accessible images on Commons disappear for 10 years! -- Infrogmation (talk) 01:13, 15 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

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