Les Réincarnations du Père Ubu
Rouault, Georges. Vollard, Ambroise
Paris. Société Normande des Amis du Livre. 1955
The small format version of Les Réincarnations du Père Ubu.
From the edition limited to 210 numbered copies, with this one of 110 'réservés pour la société' and 'imprimé pour Le Docteur Jean Magat'.
The small format version of Ambroise Vollard's text illustrated by Georges Rouault was issued some 20 years after the large folio version of 1932.
'Vollard wrote more than 10 works on the subject of Père Ubu, beginning with Le Grand Almanach du Père Ubu (1900 - 1901) and ending with Les Réincarnations du Père Ubu (1932). The character was based on Allfred Jarry's Ubu Roi, a play first performed in 1896 and marking the beginning of the Théâtre de l'Absurde, which had great vogue in Dada and Surrealist circles. Whereas Jarry's Ubu was a personification of crass malevolence and dictatorial buffoonery, Vollard's character was made into a character that typified political and bureaucratic corruption.' (From Manet to Hockney).
From the edition limited to 210 numbered copies, with this one of 110 'réservés pour la société' and 'imprimé pour Le Docteur Jean Magat'.
The small format version of Ambroise Vollard's text illustrated by Georges Rouault was issued some 20 years after the large folio version of 1932.
'Vollard wrote more than 10 works on the subject of Père Ubu, beginning with Le Grand Almanach du Père Ubu (1900 - 1901) and ending with Les Réincarnations du Père Ubu (1932). The character was based on Allfred Jarry's Ubu Roi, a play first performed in 1896 and marking the beginning of the Théâtre de l'Absurde, which had great vogue in Dada and Surrealist circles. Whereas Jarry's Ubu was a personification of crass malevolence and dictatorial buffoonery, Vollard's character was made into a character that typified political and bureaucratic corruption.' (From Manet to Hockney).
pp. (blank leaf), 221, (viii), (blank leaf). 8vo. (288 x 210 mm). Illustrated with 23 hors-texte copper engravings by Georges Rouault. Loose as issued in original publisher's printed wrappers, faux wood board chemise with title in silver to the spine and matching slipcase.
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