La Casati - La muse égoïste #[nn]

Vanna Vinci's portrait of the legendary Marchesa Casati dominates this striking Dargaud release, her cascading flame-red hair and dramatically kohl-rimmed eyes rendered in a palette of deep reds and ink-dark shadows. The cover alone — a close, intense face framed by ringless, pale hands — signals a story steeped in art, excess, and the singular force of a woman who made herself a living work of art. Published in 2013, La Muse Égoïste is a beautifully composed graphic biography that promises as much visual audacity as its subject inspired.