A lifetime aesthete, artist and poet, Burnat-Provins was inspired by a unprovoked series of intense imaginings, first experienced in Egypt during an episode of typhoid. From 1914 on, she realised these ames parasitaires in a single body of work - Ma Ville - comprised of some 3,000 drawings of psychic hallucinations, with the subjects often dictating not only their colour and form, but a biography which would appear on the back of each work.

LIFETIME AESTHETE, ARTIST AND POET, BURNAT-PROVINS WAS A PROFESSIONALLY ARTIST WHO EXPERIENCED A SERIES OF INTENSE IMAGININGS IN EGYPT DURING AN EPISODE OF TYPHOID. FROM 1914 ONWARDS, SHE DEVOTED HERSELF TO REALISING THESE AMES PARASITAIRES IN A SINGLE BODY OF WORK CALLED MA VILLE. IT WAS COMPRISED OF 3,000 DRAWINGS OF PSYCHIC HALLUCINATIONS, WHERE SUBJECTS OFTEN DICTATED NOT ONLY THEIR COLOUR AND FORM, BUT THEIR BIOGRAPHY (WHICH WOULD APPEAR ON THE REVERSE).