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Kiki de Montparnasse was a pivotal member of the artistic avant-gardes in Montmartre and Montparnasse during the interwar period. Born in the Burgundy region of France and raised by her grandmother, Kiki moved to Paris at the age of twelve and later became a model for artists living in the bohemian neighborhood of Montparnasse. In addition to these film roles, Kiki also acted in two later feature productions: La Capitaine jaune by Anders Wilhelm Sandberg and Cette vieille canaille by Anatole Litvak During the interwar years, Kiki developed her own practice as a performer and artist.

In , Kiki briefly owned and operated her own cabaret, Babel. Kiki was also an artist, and in the Galerie Sacre du Printemps held the first solo exhibition of her paintings. The catalogue for the show, which included an introduction by Surrealist poet Robert Desnos, sold out in just a few days.

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Consisting of twenty-eight chapters with a preface by Foujita, reproductions of her paintings, and portraits of her by other artists, the book remains a valuable record of the Montparnasse avant-garde and its creative activities. The book was published in English in , but banned in the United States until the s due to its explicit content.

Following the Nazi invasion of France in , Kiki remained in Paris for two more years, then relocated south to Chinon and finally to the French city of Burgundy. She returned to Paris in and resumed her work as a performer at Le Boeuf sur le Toit and, beginning in , at Chez Adrien. Kiki died in Paris in March following complications from her nearly lifelong alcohol and cocaine abuse.