José-Louis Bocquet
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
English edition.
Physical Desc
568 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Formats
Description
Josephine Baker (1906--1975) was nineteen years old when she found herself in Paris for the first time in 1925. Overnight, the young American dancer became the idol of the Roaring Twenties, captivating Picasso, Cocteau, Le Corbusier, and Simenon. In the liberating atmosphere of the 1930s, Baker rose to fame as the first black star on the world stage, from London to Vienna, Alexandria to Buenos Aires. After World War II, and her time in the French...
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
416 p. : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the bohemian and brilliant Montparnasse of the 1920s, Kiki escaped poverty to become one of the most charismatic figures of the avant-garde years between the wars. Partner to Man Ray, she would be immortalised by many artists. The muse of a generation, she was one of the first emancipated women of the 20th century." -- Provided by publisher.
