Ma Ubu, from Ubu in Africa

1997

Deborah Bell

Artist, South African, born 1957

Caversham Press

Publisher, founded 1985

Deborah Bell

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint, aquatint, and roulette with chine collé on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Thomas G. Klarner

  • 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

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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

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