Ma Ubu, from Ubu in Africa
1997
Artist, South African, born 1957
Publisher, founded 1985
Deborah Bell
Attributed to
Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint, aquatint, and roulette with chine collé on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 49.2 x 34 cm (19 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
sheet: 49.2 x 34 cm (19 3/8 x 13 3/8 in.) -
Accession Number
2005.64.1.14
Associated Artworks
See all 24 artworks
Act II, Scene 1, from Ubu Tells the Truth
William Kentridge, Caversham Press
1996
UBU: ± 101
William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins, Deborah Bell, Caversham Press
1997
Act I, Scene 2, from Ubu Tells the Truth
William Kentridge, Caversham Press
1996
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Robert Brown Gallery, Arlington, October 5, 2000); purchased by Tom Klarner, Washington, DC, 2001; gift to NGA, 2005.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1997
Doepel, Rory. UBU: ± 101: William Kentridge, Robert Hodgins, Deborah Bell. Johannesburg, 1997: fig. 29, pages 40-43.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: BELL 14/50; bottom center in plate: MA UBU; bottom left struck through text in plate [undeciphered]
Watermarks
FABRIANO
Wikidata ID
Q76338229