Serge GAINSBOURG answers Proust's questionnaire. Autograph manuscript. 1986

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Serge GAINSBOURG answers Proust's questionnaire. Autograph manuscript. 1986:
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Serge GAINSBOURG (1928.1991)

Autograph notes.

Aphorisms and questionnaire by Proust.

A large folio page (42 x 30 cm) partly printed.

No place or date [Paris. 1986]

"Shit is the relaxation of intelligence."" »

Gainsbourg corrects its proofs. In preparation for the book dedicated to him at Denoël’s, by Franck Lhomeau and Alain Coelho, the artist crosses out, annotates and corrects the test set relating to his thoughts and aphorisms and then, for the one and only time in his existence, to his answers to Proust’s questionnaire.

After declining about twenty thoughts such as: " I did everything. Except my life ", " Beauty is women's only revenge ", " My Rolls is my Steinway » or "Shit is the relaxation of intelligence,"" Gainsbourg responds with provocation and unfeigned delight, mixing humor and seriousness, to Marcel Proust's mythical questionnaire.

The sheet is in a very spectacular format (42 x 30 cm) and the layout of the Gainsbourians annotations make this document a real picture.

What is the height of misery for you?

Lack of ass paper.

Where would you like to live?

Outside of myself.

By that I mean next to my pumps.

Your ideal of earthly happiness?

Maxim’s Women's Toilets

What faults do you have the most leniency for?

Typing errors... Physical contact.

Which novel heroes do you prefer?

Emma Bovary, Dolorès Hase [sic] and Marilyn Monroe.

Who is your favorite historical figure?

Soapwood because it had the same nose as me.

Mickey Maousse.

Your favorite real-life heroines?

Bardot, Birkin, Deneuve, Bamboo.

Your heroines in fiction?

Bamboo, Deneuve, Birkin, Bardot.

Three B's, three babies.

Beasts with accent. Not as idiots but as an animal beast.

This is fiction.

No, the affliction.

Your favorite painter?

Francis Bacon.

The one in building, because hyper realistic.

Your favorite quality in men?

Deception.

Tail question.

Gainsbourg. Alain Coelho and Franck Lhomeau, Editions Denoël. 1986.

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