Portraits of Kiki de Montparnasse

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Portraits of Kiki de Montparnasse is a series of iconic Surrealist photographs by Man Ray depicting his muse and lover, the Parisian model and cabaret performer Kiki de Montparnasse.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Surrealist photography
artwork series
photographic series
artForm portrait photography
artisticStyle avant-garde
experimental photography
associatedPlace Montparnasse NERFINISHED
associatedWith Montparnasse art scene
Parisian avant-garde
countryOfOrigin France
creativePeriod 1920s
interwar period
creator Man Ray NERFINISHED
creatorNationality American
creatorPerson Man Ray NERFINISHED
creatorResidence Paris NERFINISHED
depicts Kiki de Montparnasse NERFINISHED
depictsOccupation cabaret performer
model
depictsPerson Alice Prin NERFINISHED
genre Surrealism NERFINISHED
hasArtisticTechnique Surrealist staging
experimental lighting
unconventional composition
hasCulturalContext Paris in the 1920s NERFINISHED
hasMedium black-and-white photography
photography
hasMuse Kiki de Montparnasse NERFINISHED
hasPart photographic portrait
hasSubjectRelationship muse and lover
hasTheme artist–muse relationship
dream imagery
eroticism
female body
influencedBy Dada NERFINISHED
Surrealist movement NERFINISHED
languageOfTitle French
mainLocation Paris NERFINISHED
movement Surrealism
notableFor depiction of artist’s muse
iconic Surrealist imagery
partOf Man Ray’s photographic oeuvre NERFINISHED
relatedPerson André Breton NERFINISHED
Erik Satie NERFINISHED
Pablo Picasso NERFINISHED
relatedWorkByCreator Le Violon d’Ingres NERFINISHED
subjectPerson Kiki de Montparnasse NERFINISHED

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Man Ray notableWork Portraits of Kiki de Montparnasse