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(MIRÓ, JOAN.) Jarry, Alfred. Ubu Roi. 13 hors texte color lithographs by Miró on Arches, 422x646 mm; 16 5/8x25 3/8x inches (sheets). Folio, contents loose and folded as issued in original Bristol and Arches wrappers with title printed in black; grey-green cloth-covered boards titled in gold along spine; matching slipcase. Printed by Mourlot. Paris: Tériade, 1966
number 15 of 180 copies signed by miró on colophon. There was also an edition of 25 Roman-numbered hors commerce copies. A masterly livre d'artiste. The French writer Alfred Jarry is chiefly remembered as the creator of Ubu Roi (King Ubu). The play is a loose parody of Shakespeare's Macbeth, presenting the characters of mother and father Ubu, who plot to assassinate the King of Poland. The first commercial production opened on December 11, 1896 at the Théâtre de l'Oeuvre. It had a notorious debut: when the first line was spoken, 'Merdre' (Shitter), the audience caused such uproar that it took the stage manager nearly fifteen minutes to quiet the auditorium. Those who did not walk out continued to jeer and interrupt the performance throughout the evening. For this work, Miró revisited his early and important Barcelona series executed during World War II as a protest against the savagery of war. Mourlot 460-98; Cramer 107.
