Ink and red chalk on paper
Dimensions: 37 x 52 cm; with frame 69 x 75 cm

 
Alexandre Lippmann was born in Paris in 1881. He is known to be the grandson of Alexandre Dumas and a quality swordsman, medalist of the Olympic Games of 1908, 1920 and 1924. Besides his sports career, Lippman draws. A fine watercolor artist, he frequented the Paris mondain and Kiki de Montparnasse, of which he painted an intimate series.
 

This ink on paper depicts Kiki lying on an unsketched bed. Her head and bust rest on a chubby cushion; her hands, crossed behind her head, give the model her nonchalant and mischievous look.

The painter draws the shapes of the nude with precision, gives shine to his short hair and sketches dense and smoky shadows on his silhouette.