Ubu to You!

Themerson Estate 2024 ISBN 9781916247437 Acqn 35962

Bx 35x15xm 284pp col ills £55

Ubu to You! is the title of a box which contains 2 books with Franciszka Themerson's work on
Ubu Roi. The first book to be read vertically deals with Franciszka's illustrations for the first
English translation of the Alfred Jarry's play Ubu Roi published by Gaberbocchus Press in 1951,
then, come her papier-mache masks of the characters in the play for the ICA, and finally, designs
for the puppet performance at the Marionetteteatern in Stockholm. The second book, to be read
horizontally, is of Franciszka's 90 designs for her Ubu Comic Strip. In reality, each one is 1 metre
long.

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