La vie meurtrière
2009
Artist Novel, 18.2 x 11.9 cm, 205 p., language : French, series : Libretto, n°282, publisher : Éditions Phébus, Paris, ISBN : 978-2-7529-0382-2.
Materials: Ink, paper
Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2027/723).
Literary synopsis
Jacques Verdier, a 28 years-old artist, committs suicide at his home. He leaves a letter to the attention of the Commissioner, which tells the story of his disastrous life. Well in spite of himself, the deceased suffered since his childhood an appalling series of fatal accidents: heart attacks, falls, poisonings and burns proliferated around him until the nagging question of his own liability drives him to consider a radical solution. Jacques had in him, he believed, a 'fatal power', a 'principle of death'.
Relation of the novel to the artist’s practice
The present edition includes seven drawings by Félix Vallotton.
Authorship: Artist Author.
Creative Strategy: No Link to Artworks.
Genre: Drama.
Publishing: Publishing House.