True Portrait of Monsieur Ubu
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| ''[[Véritable portrait de Monsieur Ubu]]''[http://archive.org/stream/uburoidrameencin00jarr#page/7/mode/1up] (1896, English: '''True Portrait of Monsieur Ubu''') is a [[woodcut]] by [[Alfred Jarry]], representing [[Ubu]] in ''[[Ubu Roi]]''. It is contrasted to "autre portrait de Monsieur Ubu"[http://archive.org/stream/uburoidrameencin00jarr#page/9/mode/1up] which has no [[resemblance]] to the first. | ''[[Véritable portrait de Monsieur Ubu]]''[http://archive.org/stream/uburoidrameencin00jarr#page/7/mode/1up] (1896, English: '''True Portrait of Monsieur Ubu''') is a [[woodcut]] by [[Alfred Jarry]], representing [[Ubu]] in ''[[Ubu Roi]]''. It is contrasted to "autre portrait de Monsieur Ubu"[http://archive.org/stream/uburoidrameencin00jarr#page/9/mode/1up] which has no [[resemblance]] to the first. | ||
| - | The portrait shows a mysterious figure wearing a [[dunce-cap]], with a stomach with a spiral insignia, the [[gidouille]]. | + | The portrait shows a mysterious figure wearing a [[dunce-cap]], with a stomach with a spiral insignia, the [[gidouille]]. Under his right [[armpit]] is a [[stick]], one such as a teacher might carry. |
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Véritable portrait de Monsieur Ubu[1] (1896, English: True Portrait of Monsieur Ubu) is a woodcut by Alfred Jarry, representing Ubu in Ubu Roi. It is contrasted to "autre portrait de Monsieur Ubu"[2] which has no resemblance to the first.
The portrait shows a mysterious figure wearing a dunce-cap, with a stomach with a spiral insignia, the gidouille. Under his right armpit is a stick, one such as a teacher might carry.
See also
- Ubu's Almanac: Alfred Jarry and the Graphic Arts Ubu's Almanac: Alfred Jarry and the Graphic Arts, exhibition the Spencer Museum of Art in 1998
- Fancy portrait
Online
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ubu-Jarry.png
- http://www.spencerart.ku.edu/exhibitions/almanac/ubu3.shtml
- http://archive.org/stream/uburoidrameencin00jarr#page/7/mode/1up, from the 1897 Mercure de France edition of Ubu Roi
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