French artist, born in either Paris or Nantes. The uncertainty may derive from her father having been a roving circus performer. According to Iris Clert, her dealer, it was as a consequence of a vow to him on his deathbed that she never wore a skirt, which led to a widespread misconception that she was a lesbian.
Her best-known work was made between the late s and s. After the death of her husband in she moved into a tiny apartment and had to assign the monkey which was her special companion to the zoo in Vincennes. The zoo keeper became a closer friend than any of her art world contacts. Her artistic activity diminished, but an exhibition at the Halles St Pierre in Paris in has contributed to a posthumous interest in her work.
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