Lot 421
  • 421

Tsuguharu Foujita

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Description

  • Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
  • PORTRAIT DE KIKI DE MONTPARNASSE
  • signed Foujita and signed in Japanese and dated 1925 (centre right)

  • oil and pen and ink on canvas

  • 41.5 by 33.3cm., 16 3/8 by 13 1/8 in.

Catalogue Note

Kiki de Montparnasse, whose real name was Alice Prin, became famous during the 1920s as an artist, model and cabaret singer. She was the symbol of bohemian Paris during the années folles, when Montparnasse supplanted Montmartre as the epicentre of the art world. A native of Burgundy, she quickly became a favourite model for Foujita, Kisling and Picabia, amongst others. Later, her collaborations with her lover Man Ray would produce some of the most striking images of Surrealism including Noire et blanche and Le violon d'Ingres.