tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561155678535836889.post6137900117555943489..comments2023-06-28T07:39:18.891-07:00Comments on Smartypants Goes to France: Kiki de MontparnasseThe Clever Puphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07198739825136188378noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561155678535836889.post-39597738568286966912011-04-13T09:11:54.988-07:002011-04-13T09:11:54.988-07:00Hels, I just got down my copy of her Memoirs and i...Hels, I just got down my copy of her Memoirs and it the first 30 or so pages she alludes to masturbation, losing her virginity to an old man and working as a prostitute, or tart, as she likes to say. I guess this was all too much for the US.The Clever Puphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198739825136188378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8561155678535836889.post-54587850523629574472011-04-13T07:34:13.484-07:002011-04-13T07:34:13.484-07:00My students loved the paintings of Kiki by Chaim S...My students loved the paintings of Kiki by Chaim Soutine, van Dongen and Moishe Kisling - we all thought she was a slightly naughty party girl who brought great pleasure into the Montparnasse artists' lives. But why was she banned in the USA? What did she do that was so offensive?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com