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t in the pokey。 she got a suspended sentence； when man ray arrived with funds to pay the fine； a medical certificate stating she was of nervous disposition； and letters from aragon and desnos saying she was a serious artist。
thereafter she seems to have stayed in montparnasse where； she wrote； 〃people are broadminded and where what would be crime elsewhere is just a peccadillo。〃 in her later years she roamed the cafés； singing in a cracked voice and cadging drinks。 even in poverty； she visited elderly hospital patients to bring them cheer and what gifts she could find。
by the early 1950s ronald searle sketched her in a café； a diminished figure with straggly hair and； worse； terribly thin。 only her steeply canted nose （〃she had a wonderful nose that seemed to jut out into space；〃 said alexander calder； who portrayed it in a wire sculpture called 〃kikis nose〃） suggested the former kiki。 in 1953； she collapsed outside her flat on the rue brea in the heart of montparnasse； and died。
her cheerful carnality remained a symbol of the golden age of montparnasse； even to the distinguished scholar leon edel； biographer of henry james； who described his return during the liberation in 1944 to a city of glum despair。 〃for a brief moment the cafés were filled with people： i suddenly remembered kiki of montparnasse； in the midst of war； in the thronged street； i could smell chicory and pernod； the pervasive tabac and stale beer。〃
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