Ubu Roi; Petits Poèmes amorphes

1898

Alfred Jarry

Artist, French, 1873 - 1907

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photomechanical process in green on light brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of The Atlas Foundation

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36 x 26.4 cm (14 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1995.76.49

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Rodolphe Darzens, Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Martin Atlas, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999, no. 60, as Ubu Roi (King Ubu) by Alfred Jarry; Petits Poèmes amorphes (Little Amorphous Poems) by Franc-Nohain

Bibliography

1992

  • Aitken, Geneviève. Artistes et Théâtres d'Avant-Garde: Programmes de Théâtre Illustrés, Paris 1890-1900. Exh. cat. Pont-Aven, Musée de Pont-Aven and tour, 1992, no. 110.

1998

  • Artists and the Avant-Garde Theater in Paris, 1887-1900. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Academy Museum, New York, 1998-1999: no. 60.

Inscriptions

across top in stone: THÉATRE DES PANTINS / 6 rue BaLLU / en / avant / no2 / F11; across bottom in stone: UBU ROI / comédie en cinq actes, d'ALFRED JARRY / Musique de CLAUDE TERRASSE... / PETITS POEMES / AMORPHES / de FRANC- / NOHAIN... / MARCHES DES POLONAIS / ...CHANSON DU DÉCERVELAGE...; lower left printed: Georges BANS, Directeur / 50, Boulevard Latour-Maubourg / PARIS....

Wikidata ID

Q75395431

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