Chapter 55 III Montparnasse, the open city (2)-1

Ms. Lucy has a slender and flexible figure, with small but sharp eyes, rich and special expressions, and a smile like the Virgin Mary is often on her lips.She belonged to a determined woman, slightly mysterious, at the same time affable and charming, fashionably dressed, with a large, well-defined breast.Undoubtedly, she appropriately satisfies the perception needs of men.She is very sensitive to sexual needs, and naturally she can always satisfy the sexual needs of the sentimental Parson. George Papalov Parson was madly in love with Lucy, and her reactions were always lacking in passion.Facing her husband's mad love affair with his mistress, Hermine David leaves Parsons and moves to Montparnasse to live alone.Parson still stayed in Montmartre, where he worked, drank there, and waited for Lucy there.She also came to see him, more often, but she did not stay.When asked why, she always replied that she could not leave her husband and son alone.He begged her again and again, even begged her, and she swore to have nothing to do with him.So he suggested that they meet as friends, and she didn't reply.He then adopted a tribe of the Sioux North American Indians. ——Annotation of children's usual tricks to meet her: wherever she is in the tavern, he will go to that tavern, pretending not to find her, deliberately indifferent to her, waiting for her to come to him, but every time with his Hopes come to nothing.He went home and sent her a note, telling her that he was going to pick up his things in the cellar in the Rue Joseph-Barra, and asking her which day would suit her, but in fact he didn't.

He wasn't going, and he didn't want to take his things, because not taking them would always be an excuse to visit her.She comes sometimes, they spend a few hours or half a day together, she goes away, she comes back.He begs her not to abandon him, but she leaves again.He sometimes returned to Montparnasse or the Rue Joseph-Barra, or rented a room at the hotel where the two of them had spent the night ten years ago, and wrote her a letter to celebrate the anniversary.He sent her gifts, promised to take her on a trip, and invited her to a fancy restaurant for dinner.Sometimes she accepts him, sometimes she rejects him and avoids him.She sometimes came to be his painting model, tidy up his studio and help him find models.He was blissful when she accepted to share his bed with him, but then she went away, always too hastily for him.When she promised to come, but broke her promise, he was so disappointed that he wrote her a heartbreaking letter.He told her that he was completely unable to work while waiting for her, that he knew she was coming, but she didn't.For painting, for survival, he needed her... When the interval between her coming to see him was too long, he took revenge on her by running away.

Every time he went away, he drank heavily.Every time he drank heavily, he would find a girl or a young man to take home.Being discovered by Lu Xi, who came early in the morning, made her furious and distraught.Seeing her furious, he was very happy, and his goal had been achieved.She said he drank too much and could do anything.As for him, he retorted that as long as she was not around, he could only anesthetize himself with alcoholism, so she was the culprit for the deterioration of his physical condition.She shrugged, turned and left.He pursued him so closely that she stopped and had no choice but to turn around and come back.He immediately pushed her down on the bed... After she got up, the same quarrel would start again, when will we see you next time?

Parson, who spends his days drinking and drinking, is like a child who needs someone to be with him all the time.He is afraid of the dark.As long as Lucy is not by his side, he always feels that there is always darkness around him.He tore everything around him, saying that he was going to die, that he would not live long.His wife Elmina tried to help him in every possible way: he modeled for his paintings, took care of his models, cleaned and tidied up his studio.She often sees Lucy and becomes Lucy's friend.The two of them used their own methods to save Parson, but all their efforts failed.Parson felt lonely and miserable, but he still treated everyone to food and drink and paid for everyone.

Whenever he goes out, he always takes his gang of buddies with him.Among them: Nils Dardel and his wife Torra (of whom Modigliani painted a portrait a few months before his death), the Tunisian painter Abdul Wallab (who will be in the Tunisia hosts Parson and Elmina), amateur jazz promoter George Eisenman, the Salmons, the Kremnitzes, and Fatima, Morgaux, Clodia, Simone, Eisenman Isa and all of Parson's most faithful models; also Elmina, Lucy, her son Guy, and Per Kroger.The relationship between Parson and Lucy cannot be hidden from anyone around them except Pere and Guy, but everyone pretends not to know.They all went to the countryside together in Lucy's car, to the Marne River, to the "Jockey Club".

This is a nightclub opened in November 1923 by Miller, a former horse trainer, and Hilaire Hiller, an American painter, at the intersection of Avenue Montparnasse and Rue 1st Battle.A group led by Parson happened to meet a group led by Kiki there.The Yankees threw the chameleons across the road in one fell swoop and took over the Jockey Club.Since then, Montparnasse has been brightly lit all night long.People can dance, sing, drink and laugh day and night there.This is exactly the purpose of opening the "Jockey Division Nightclub". Outside the nightclub, Hilaire Hiller himself painted some Indians and clowns on the black exterior wall. There are many crowds gathered in front of the door, and many vintage cars are parked on the sidewalk. It is especially worth pointing out that there is another miracle: the modern The crystallization of technology - a dazzling sign with flashing neon lights.

Inside the nightclub, it seems to have entered the vast prairie of the western United States, a spacious ballroom, several tables, a dance floor, hundreds of posters on the wall, elegant music floating in the air, everything is shrouded in a lingering mist .The piano played by Shearer or a black person is melodious and melodious.Several naked women danced on the dance floor.But no one pays attention to them. The people on the dance floor are dancing jazz, talking and teasing each other in various languages. Parsons sat in a corner.He is accompanied in turn by Hermina, Lucy or Pere.Most of the time, he is with Pell.They go to the Dom's or something together.They were talking about Lucy or Kiki—she had just entered a nightclub, struggled through a passage, and made her way onto the dance floor to applause.

Kiki is the queen of the Jockey Club.She has no qualms about stirring up people's ire with her jokes.After Marcel imitated the American singer and the 1.5-meter-tall Silvernet and sang several sailor songs, Kiki was also ready to perform her show.As soon as she appeared on the stage, the audience responded with warm applause and boos as encouragement. She began to sing a quieter song."The Daughter of Camale" was sung next, with the following words: Kamarai's daughters claim to be virgins, Kamarai's daughters claim to be virgins, But when they got to my bed, they……

Kiki often forgot the lyrics when she sang, and the girl who accompanied her had no choice but to go to the dance floor to remind her.What Parson stared at was not the singer, but the girl who wrote the lyrics for Kitty.Per Kroger was also staring at her.She is about 20 years old, has a round face, and like Kiki, she also has brown hair. Her name is Thales Moore and she is a gymnastics teacher.Her former lover Robert Desnos called her "Thirteen" and she gave him boxing lessons.Because of his difficulty in pronouncing it, he always pronounced "Therese"--Terais as "Treize"--thirteen. .Now, she prefers to be called "Thirteen".The girl's parents knew nothing of what their daughter was doing in the ultra-liberalized Montparnasse.

Kiki and Thérèse admire and admire each other.The two of them often had fun and made trouble together, leaving all poverty and troubles behind for a moment of joy.Kiki has a poor memory, can't remember, and forgets quickly, and Thérèse is her brain.Not only did she come up with her lyrics, but she also served as her blotter: she would often whisper (so that Man Ray would not hear) at events that she had almost twenty appointments scheduled for the same time the next day.In the end, it was still she who helped Kiki jump onto the table at the end of the show, and when Kiki decided to do a handstand walk, she helped her stand on her head.This is the scene that consumers are most interested in.They feasted their eyes as well as their mouths, because Kiki never wears underwear.

When thunderous applause erupted from the frenzied audience, Thérèse picked up her hat and walked along the hall saying, "Please take care of me! Please take care of me!" Coins fell and compliments rang out.But there was only one sentence that interested her: when she was a few steps away, Jules Parsons leaned over to Lucy's husband and whispered to him: "This girl is wonderful. She likes you very much." She was very happy in her heart, and hurried away with two steps at a time. …I have been trying to do without a camera what painters do every day, the only difference being that they use paint and I use light and chemicals. man ray There are many artists who pursue Kiki.She did not accept the courtship of the Russian theater artist Mosrukin; she did not refuse a Mexican minister who repeatedly begged her to stay at the Claritz Hotel as his entourage and go with him across the ocean.Right now, the Minister's Spanish-Swiss limousine is waiting for her at the door of the Jockey Club.She had just come back from New York, where her stated reason for going was to follow a couple who suggested she go to America to make a film, when in fact her real role was that husband's mistress. Her love affair with Man Ray was far from perfect.Both of them are very jealous, and they often fight over trivial matters.In the past, she always liked to scribble his favorite photography models on his notebook, and he would often get angry for no reason, and get angry for several days without saying a word to her.So when he got a venereal disease, he said that the source of the disease was her, and she had to undergo a medical examination. It was not so much to prove whether she was healthy, but to prove whether her behavior was correct.Once, when Man Ray presented her with a designer dress, she took the scissors and cut it off, saying she liked her style more than fancy stuff. They often fight constantly, splashing water or ink in each other's faces.Sometimes, Kiki opened the window and yelled outside: "Help! He's murdered! Come and catch the murderer!" The neighbors complained.So, they had to move. Shortly after their acquaintance, Man Ray rented a studio at 31 1st Battle Street.The building was built in 1911.The soaring interior walls are paneled with glass, and at the end of the stairs, there is a small balcony and a bathroom.The bathroom was converted into a darkroom.When Man Ray received guests, Kiki hid in the dark room and eavesdropped.Their life together was not that simple.In addition to this studio, they rented another house with a bathroom.With better living conditions, Kiki lives a very comfortable life, eats enough to eat and wears warm clothes every day, and often stays in the bathtub for hours at a time.She gained weight and began to learn to put on airs of the hostess.So they started fighting. They kept moving, first to a hotel on Delambe Street, and then a month after the opening of the Jockey Club, to the Istria Hotel on First Battle Street, which was closer to the studio.They have always lived there.Chara also lives there and happens to be their neighbor.Chara is also Kiki's confidant, he sympathizes with Kiki, fights for her, and complains that Man Ray is too cold to her. Picabia lives above them.When he didn't want to be with his wife, Picabia came here to accompany his mistress, Germena Everling. His friend Marcel Duchamp was playing peek-a-boo with some women.Those women have been looking for him, crowding at the door of the only bathroom on the first floor of the hotel, waiting for his return.Among them was Marie Reynolds, a rich woman in America, with whom he once lived and who was now avoiding her; Fernand Barry, who had never lived with her but now avoided her; Elsa Triolet (1896-1970), a French writer with Russian origin. In 1928, he came to France with the desire to conquer the West, especially Louis Aragon, who was determined to conquer the most Parisian among the French.She eventually became Aragorn's wife. , she did not know Aragorn yet, and was eager to get at least one kiss from him; the lover Jeanne Leche, who was going to abandon her painter husband and keep her room in the Istria Hotel, was only To get closer to that Marcel Duchamp who didn't want to know anything, didn't want to hear anything, and played chess every day.Duchamp's lovers could hardly bear his life like this, and his wife, who had only been with him for a few weeks, couldn't bear him at all: she couldn't see him at night because he played chess games in the Dome tavern; to him, because he sleeps in his corner; and not to see him in the morning, because she wakes up to find him in the kitchen, absorbed in front of the chessboard, working on a chess problem that causes him nightmares at night. .Until one day he couldn't move the pieces because she glued all the pieces to the board. Man Ray sometimes played chess against Marcel Duchamp.He also sometimes participated in acting films, but his main focus is still on photography.Therefore, he can be seen everywhere, not only rich and dissolute people, but also people of all walks of life are vying to ask him to take pictures for them. All the doors of the Marquise Casati's private residence were open to him.He had visited her home in 1922.When the Marchioness received the photographer, she was dressed in everyday clothes, with a three-meter-long live boa constrictor wrapped around her waist.She told him about her friend Gabriel Danonzio, and then showed him the garden where she used to organize evenings, where all the tree trunks were painted gold.Then they returned to the room, and the Marchioness asked the photographer to get to work.When Man Ray installed a video light, there was a short circuit. How to do it?Without auxiliary lighting, the Marchioness had to be photographed using natural light. Man Ray went home and developed the picture, and the result was unsatisfactory. She didn't look like a Marchioness: she kept rolling her eyes with involuntary movements.But she was very satisfied and said: "You know what? You have captured my soul." Not only did she buy the photo, but she also opened the door of her private house to all her friends and invited them to come and see his photo.It was thanks to the generosity of the Marchioness that Man Ray was able to rent a studio on the First Battle Street. After the Marchioness of Casati, the Count of Beaumont, Cocteau's good friend, followed.He asked Man Ray to take pictures of the guests at the big masquerade he was organizing.Then came the Countess of Kréfele, the Count of Percy-Brant, the Maharaja of the Indian city of Andorra, the Viscount and Viscountess of Novana, the owner of a large number of Goya paintings, and so on. Man Ray also photographed many artists living dissolute lives: Picasso in a matador costume, Tristan Chara in a monocle, American writer Sinclair Lewis drunk, American poet and Literary critic Ezra Pound, French writer and dramatist Antoine Artaud, Philippe Soupeau, Matisse, Braque, Duchamp in disguise, Picabia driving his own car ... The most beautiful portraits of Montparnasse, etc., are all his masterpieces.He took Mere Oppenheim, a girlfriend of the Swiss painter and sculptor Giacometti, to the home of the Romanian sculptor Brancusi, and posed nude for her after tattooing her hands and arms with nitric acid ink.He also took pictures of Brancusi.The sculptor seldom visited the taverns on the Rue de Vawans.The walls, ceiling and fireplace in his house are all white, and none of the furniture is bought from the store: tree stumps are used as stools, and the table where the guests eat is made of plasterboard on a support leg buried in the ground. of. When Man Ray first visited his home, Brancusi asked the photographer to teach him photography.He wishes to photograph his sculptures himself.Together they went shopping for cameras, stands and everything needed to develop the photos.Brancusi also specially arranged a dark room and painted the outer wall of the dark room white.During a dinner, Brancusi showed Man Ray the results of his photographic research: some negatives were light, with blurred lines and scratches.But he himself was very satisfied. Man Ray photographed the major events and people of his time and the previous one, and he even photographed Marcel Proust (1871-1922), the French novelist.s face.But since then, he has not been able to see the great writer again.Man Ray was not one of the many people who had seen him before this opportunity. It was on the verandah of a seaside hotel in Cabourg, a coastal city in western France.It is always empty until dark, and every day as soon as the sun goes down, the author Marcel Pruss will wear a short black coat, move a rattan chair out and sit on the balcony, talking softly and slowly. Talking about the weather "like a British woman" about his condition. (According to Jean Hugo in his memoirs: "Proust chatted only with dukes.") He was pale and seriously ill.Philip Supple had the honor of seeing him there, but Man Ray had never been to the seaside hotel. Paul Leotto used to tell: There was a time when Proust used to take a taxi to a closed courtyard and ask to see the lady boss and ask her to send him some young girls.He put them in his car and sat across from him.He gave them milk and listened to them talk about life and death. (This is exactly the brothel where Leoto went one day to ask for a cat. The assistant lady owner came out to receive him that day, asked him to follow her in, and led him into a circular room where six women were waiting for him .The assistant said to him: "Dear sir, please choose your cat.") Unfortunately, Man Ray never went to the brothel with Leoto. In 1914, Alfred Valette received a letter from Marcel Proust.The letter implicitly accused him of not commenting on a book he had published before that, openly accused him of allowing the female writer La Hilde to write an article, and condemned him for recommending the publication of Jacques Echo to the Paris Echo. · Blanche's article.At that time, Man Ray happened to be away from France. On October 30, 1919, Marcel Proust gave the lifelong secretary of the French Academy of Sciences, Henri de Regnier, in order to consult how to make his work "Beside the Girls" win the French Academy of Sciences award write a letter.Unfortunately, Man Ray did not know the secretary at all. On November 19, 1922, Cocteau contacted Man Ray and begged him to take a photo of Marcel Proust, and he clearly instructed that only two photos could be processed, and one was for Proust’s family , and another for Cocteau.Man Ray could add one for himself if he wanted.The photographer agreed to his terms.Cocteau accompanies Man Ray to Proust's bedside.They saw the great writer lying flat on the bed, neatly dressed, motionless.In fact, Marcel Proust had passed away the day before. Dr. Barnes had just left Paris, the jingling of dollars accompanied his footsteps, and greedy desires appeared in front of him like will-o'-the-wisps, following him closely, teasing him, chasing him, and entangled him, so that he can't get rid of it no matter what. Paul Guillaume One night, Man Ray's car stopped in front of the Jockey Club.He got out of the car, pushed open the door of the nightclub, and was immediately attracted by the melodious music, lingering smoke and loud laughter in the hall.He struggled to carve his way through the crowd to the dance floor.He decided that Kiki must be dancing there.He had a few words with Tristan Chara.Chara is in a suit and leather shoes, wearing a familiar monocle, and he is about to get married.The fiancee's name is Greta Knuston, a young Swedish painter.Her family was very wealthy, and she promised young people that the Austrian architect Adolph Roth would build them a house in the center of Paris. Greta wasn't at Jockey's Nightclub that night.Chara was accompanied by another woman.She is Chara's good friend - Nancy Gunner.Nancy was a tall, lanky, brown-haired, very pretty woman, but she was easily recognizable by her odd attire: a set of ivory bracelets on her wrists.It is said that she was once the mistress of the British writer Aldous Huxley. I don't know if it is true, but it is absolutely true that she will become Aragon's mistress.That night, Aragon was not in the nightclub either. Parson's favorite model, the young mulatto Ayesha, approached Man Ray and asked him if he would like her to be a model for his photography someday.Man Ray replied, "Why not?" He took the business card Aisha took out of his pocket, and read: "Aisha Gobloh, Artist." He smiled and walked on , went looking for his Kiki. He finally found her.A shepherd-boy kind of American West was asking her to dance, and she declined.A little farther away, Parson is conducting the orchestra.Man Ray recognized him by his hat and silk scarf.Man Ray was often invited to his home to participate in activities, knowing that the painter loved music, and sometimes played with the big drum and snare drum.He also often saw the models quarreling at the Parsons' house.At one dinner, everyone drank a lot of alcohol, and a group of 15 of them went to a brothel.Parsons and Man Ray each sent a girl upstairs, but they were too drunk to commit any crime. Man Ray finally descended to the dance floor.The American shepherd boy was still hugging Kiki, she wanted to push him away, but he insisted repeatedly, at this moment, Man Ray became angry.In a fit of anger, he was able to chase after his lover with a gun. Now he jumped up and rushed to the shepherd boy, picked him up by the waist, threw him to the ground, and then rushed forward again. The two hugged each other tightly and rolled on the ground.Kiki yelled loudly, people pushed each other and crowded forward, and the audience clapped and shouted to cheer them on.Kiki yelled at Man Ray, "Get rid of him! Kill him!" When Man Ray stood up, Kiki rushed up, hugged him, kissed him, and was very proud of him.Then, he turned around and yelled at the embarrassed shepherd boy.Kiki is such a person, her mouth is never forgiving, and she has no cover, she can say whatever she wants.In the morning, when someone asks her how she slept well at night, her answer is often: "Excellent, so happy!" When someone asked her why she didn't wear underwear, she replied: "Because there are no toilets for ladies in pubs, so I can pee standing up in the street like men do." Kiki doesn't like André Breton.She once said to him: "You talk about love so much that you can't make love at all!" From that day on, Breton, the originator of surrealism, was very disgusted and disgusted with her.But Man Ray always defended her and defended her.When people asked her if she was smart, he always replied: "I am smart enough for two people." His statement does not show Man Ray's arrogance, but only shows his respect for Kiki. A love. When she and her girlfriend Thérèse ran into trouble in the southern city of Vivranches, he also fully supported and protected her.One evening she went into a tavern, and the proprietor tried to drive her out, shouting: "Prostitutes are not allowed here!" Kiki picked up a stack of plates and threw them in the boss's face.Then, the two sides fought.The boss called the police.The next day, a policeman came to Kiki's hotel. "Please follow me to the police station." Kiki replied, "No." The police chief of Vivranches came with the gendarmerie.The chief reiterated his order.She said that it took time to prepare, but she actually left the chief aside.The director wanted to urge her to hurry up, but she responded with cursing and punching.So Kiki was taken away and put in a Nice prison.After being informed, Man Ray gathered all his friends and put pressure on the appointed lawyer.Breton's friend Francier is a doctor, and he issued a certificate that Kiki has neurological problems.After walking out of the court, Kiki spoke her mind: "At the most difficult time, my lawyer said to me: Please say thank you to these gentlemen." She reluctantly said this sentence against her will, and was able to obtain a suspended sentence.Man Ray had traveled from Paris to Nice for the trial.After the trial, he took Kiki back to the "Jockey Division Nightclub".Since then, Kiki has a new capital to be proud of: he has spent more than ten days in prison. Kiki loves to tell people stories about her adventures.After Man Ray had given the shepherd boy a hard time and returned to the crowd at the Jockey's Nightclub, she babbled at the table to tell the people about her latest encounter.Her main regular listeners are: René Claire, Fujita, Kisling.They gather, away from the orchestra pit, but close to another group whose central figure is carmaker André Citroën holding a coin.Sitting next to the central figure is Fernand Leche, who is watching closely to see if his wife is running towards Marcel Duchamp or Laurent Thiard.But Loesche's surveillance was fruitless. He knew Jeanne very well, and she lived a dissolute life.But he forgives her, whoever speaks ill of her, he will fight to protect her reputation, Thales Thirteen has been beaten by him for this.If Jeanne's lovers treated her badly, Loche even taught them a lesson. Therese Thirteen kisses Per Kroger passionately, right under Kiki's nose.Parson, who had just left the orchestra pit, observed the scene carefully.He was naturally very unhappy to see it, because he knew very well that such a relationship between the two would be very detrimental to his affairs, and Lucy would naturally be very jealous of Thérèse.Lucy followed them everywhere.She was looking for Per Kroger when he was hiding in a hotel on the Edgar-Ginet Avenue. Parson - the American with Bulgarian ancestry met Sudin who had just entered the lobby of the nightclub, which was already sparsely populated (Kiki remembered that the two of them met through her introduction not long ago).Parson didn't say hello to the latter, Su Ding stretched out his hand to Parson, and said something unexpected to him: "I like your paintings, but I like your women even more!" "I forbid you to have evil thoughts about my women!" Parson ordered solemnly. He lost his temper. Sudin took his hand and said: "Mr. Parson, I love you too! I love you very, very much!" Kiki left Fujita and Kisling and walked to Su Ding.Her friend, who had been very poor before, was now rich and rich.During the First World War, he once took her to spend a night in his cold studio.How much he has changed since then.It's not cold, it's not hungry, it's not like a beggar anymore.Now he smokes high-end cigarettes with golden mouthpieces, and wears the warm and soft high-end coat that he dreamed of wearing in the past.What a miracle. This miracle occurred in 1922.Soutine made his fortune thanks to a wealthy American art collector.His name is: Albert C. Barnes. Barnes himself is an American industrialist and businessman, who knows a little about medicine and psychology, and also has a little excessive altruism.He invented a preservative, silver salt, and made a fortune after mass producing and selling this product. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (ie Philadelphia).Growing up in a folk environment close to African culture.His growing environment cultivated his interest in African culture, which prompted him to become a collector of African cultural art.He also has a passion for modern painting and believes that art can better enable him to help his descendants. In his factory he exhibited first the works of American artists and then European paintings.He once sent a special envoy, the American painter William James Glacken, to Paris and even Europe to visit galleries and studios, and brought back a large number of representative paintings from the United States.It is through this channel that the works of Cézanne, Van Gogh, Pissarro, Renoir and Picasso were able to cross the Atlantic and reach the other side of the ocean. Dr. Barnes made a personal trip to Europe in 1922 after purchasing some Renoir paintings in New York.He met Ambroise Vollard and participated in public auctions, buying works by Gauguin, Bonnard, Daumier, Matisse, some other works by Cézanne (among others) , new Renoir and Picasso works for his collection.He also purchased some Matisse works from Leon Stein. Before the outbreak of the Great War in 1914, Barnes already owned 50 Renoirs, 15 Cezanne and several Picasso.However, this is just the beginning. The collector bought an estate in Merion, near Philadelphia, in 1922, where he built a museum dedicated to his collection.These collections were first used for cultural and artistic education and enlightenment for workers in preservative factories.They can educate themselves and develop themselves through exposure to works inspired by African culture and the most modern paintings.This generous pedagogical consideration is undoubtedly of great educational significance to the workers of Barnes Co., as well as to the visitors who can get the admission pass to enter the museum.But the collector declared: he refused to lend these works to participate in the exhibition; the works he purchased were not allowed to leave his museum; no one had the right to find any excuses and reproduce these works in any way.Others are unacceptable to collectors, amateurs of painting and historians, that such a large number of works (among them nearly 200 Renoirs, some Cezanne, 60 Matisse and a large number of Modigli Arney's work) has not seen the outside world for seventy years and is likely to disappear, but Barnes' position will never waver. Barnes came to Paris again in December 1922 and stayed at the Hotel Mirabeau, Rue de la Paix.He met Paul Guillaume, an intermediary painter whom he had personally chosen.This man is an expert in African art, and he himself owns a large number of works by Matisse, Vlaminck, Derain and Modigliani.Within half a month, he drove a Spanish-Swiss limousine to pick up American collectors every morning.He and his colleagues and dozens of people who were waiting for Dr. Barnes on the sidewalk in front of the hotel with paintings in their hands made a passage for himself, went in to pick up the doctor and took him to visit all the museums in Paris, to negotiate with antique shops, Eat at a fine restaurant.Paul Guillaume then patiently answered numerous questions from the doctor about the works and modern artists.It was dark, and the digestive wine was down, and Barnes sat down in the armchair, put his thumbs in his waistcoat, and proposed: "Shall we go?" "It's a bit late..." "Are you tired?" "No." "Then hit the road!" Barnes stood up, as refreshed as if he had just woken up from a good night's sleep.He hopped into his Spanish-Swiss limousine and relentlessly continued his question: Why African art?Why Cubism?Why only Matisse, why only Picasso, why not Lipsitz? So, accompanied by his mentor and friend, Barnes went to meet the sculptor - Lipsitz.The artist neither had his own art dealer nor sold any of his works, and lived in extreme poverty.Barnes paid no attention to all this, he was only concerned with the sculptures.Keep asking questions while keeping records.After all the questions, he decided to buy eight sculptures and offered to invite Lipsitz to lunch.The sculptor was so happy that his hands and feet were at a loss, his mouth was stuttering and he couldn't speak.Seeing Paul Guillaume's elegant attire and the gold-rimmed glasses of Americans with bank checks, high-end cigars and leather gloves, Lipsitz was very embarrassed and tried every means to cover the holes in his clothes with his hands.At the same time, he was as happy as in heaven.However, he never thought that this is far from heaven, he is still in hell, and the real heaven is yet to come. "I'm building a museum. I need your help," Dr. Barnes explained. It was just dessert, a piece of pastry. "I need to make five reliefs on the outer wall of my museum, can you take this job?" Look, it's even more beautiful with the addition of cherries on top of the pastry. 这是上百件作品的工程啊，需要几十名艺术家干才行。 他们的车快到达保尔·纪尧姆的拉博埃蒂画廊的时候，巴恩斯大夫停止提问题了，好像提完了。纪尧姆开灯后，他一连串的问题又接踵而来了：为什么有野兽派？弗拉芒克为什么？基斯林为什么？马尔古希为什么？ ... 保尔·纪尧姆嘀咕说：“我也不知道。”他所知道的已经竹筒倒豆子，全部都抖光了。 “你不知道？那么让他们本人来。我要直接向他们本人提问。” 午夜12点，保尔·纪尧姆给弗拉芒克、基斯林和马尔古希打电话。巴恩斯大夫在他的版画中找寻。他发现一幅颜色鲜艳，画中的物体被扭曲、被拉长的画。他停下来，取出那幅画，立在对面，站远点，更加仔细地端详着。画中的人物是一个青年男子：一只巨大的耳朵，头戴帽子，白色工作服上反射出黄色、绿色和蓝色的光彩。 “这是什么？”他问。 “苏丁的作品《小面点师》。”保尔·纪尧姆回答说。 “你认识他的画商吗？” “利奥波德·斯波罗斯基。” 巴恩斯一把抓起他的大衣，一边朝门外冲，一边果断地说：“咱们马上就去。” "Where are you going?" “去画商那里！去利奥波德·斯波罗斯基那里！” “现在？为什么一定要现在去？” “因为我想全部买下来。这位苏丁是一位天才。”