Le Père Ubu à l'Hopital
Vollard, a Parisian art dealer and publisher, adopted his friend Alfred Jarry’s satirical figure, the vulgar despot Ubu Roi, in a series of short books that mock the war’s absurdity. He translated sentiments conveyed by friends at the front into his texts, which have Ubu trying to understand such nonsensical things as the advantages of airplanes that spontaneously break or why a respected doctor would propose removing a healthy leg.
Artwork Details
- Title: Le Père Ubu à l'Hopital
- Author: Ambroise Vollard (French, 1866–1939)
- Illustrator: Pierre Bonnard (French, Fontenay-aux-Roses 1867–1947 Le Cannet)
- Publisher: Georges Crès et Cie. , Paris
- Published in: Paris
- Date: 1918
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: Overall: 10 5/8 x 6 3/4 x 1/2 in. (27 x 17.1 x 1.3 cm)
- Classification: Books
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1967
- Object Number: 67.763.4
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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