Nadi Ken Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1934 -

A French painter who painted at the Cafe Flore in Paris, and was considered the rival of Poucette in Saint-Germain-des-Prs. She sold paintings to Onassis, Oppenheimer, Alain Delon (for whom she painted portraits of Nathalie Delon and his son. The artist tells the story of when Frank Sinatra bought two paintings from her: A Woman in Blue and a Harlequin. "They are $3000 per painting" she said to the singer, and he responded "They're worth at least $4000 each" and promptly paid her $8000 for the two paintings.Producing her most notable work during the 1950s and 1960s, KenÍs collectors famously included Frank Sinatra, Aristotle Onassis, Julius Oppenheimer and Alain Delon.