heredatherdeathbed.TheNewYorkTimesprintedanobituaryandLifemagazinegaveKikithreepages,endingwithamemoryfromoneofherchums,"Welaughed,myGodhowwelaughed."

    BornAliestinePrininBurgundy,Kikihadawretchedchildhoodthatcouldoolaughterordespair,andbeingsolidandbraveshechoselaughter.Herparentswereunmarried,hermother,alinotypist,wenttoParisaKikiwithhergrandmother,whomsheadored.Shedidntlearnmuschool,shewrote,becauseherteacherdislikedthepoora12,shewasobligedtojoiherinParistofindwork,sheboardedthetrainwithasausageandredwine"toshowoffandtohidemysorrow."

    Harsh,degradingjobsfollowed,lightenedbyherlifelongjoyindecoratingherself.Shewouldcrumbleapetalfromhermothersfakegeraniumstogivecolortohercheeksandwasfiredfromanastyjobatabakerybecauseshedarkenedhereyebrowswithburntmatchsticks.

    Withherlargeandsplendidbodyshedriftedintoposingforartists,includingUtrillowho,toherastonishmentwhenshelookedathisvas,hadpaintedalandscape.Shewasalsodoingsuialjobsasdishwashing."IwassofilledwithgaietythatIwasntaffectedbymypovertyandwordsliketheblueswerelikeHebrewtome—Isimplydidntuandthem."

    Largeinspiritand,increasingly,ingirthasManRaysphotosovertheyearsshow,KikiwasanaturalforMontparevennaturalsusehelp;shemovedinwithanamiablejournalistnamedHenriBrocaafterbreakingupwithManRayin1929.

    DjunaBarneshadalreadydescribedKikiforanAmerimagazine,"Charm,"in1924,andloglish-languageneersregularlyrecordedheractivities;Brocacreatedalittlenewsmagazine,"Paris-Mont