This display of prints and bookjackets reveals that the writer of Ubu Roi was also an innovative designer, experimenting with typography, collage and popular imagery to create publications that pre-empted those of the 20th-century avant-garde. Find out more from the Morgan’s website.
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Illustration in Les minutes de sable mémorial (Paris: Mercure de France, 1894), Alfred Jarry. Photo: Janny Chiu; courtesy Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Illustration in Répertoire des Pantins: La chanson du décervelage (Paris: Mercure de France, 1898), Alfred Jarry and Claude Terasse. Photo: Janny Chiu; courtesy Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Title page of Ubu Roi (Paris: Mercure de France, 1896), Alfred Jarry. Photo: Janny Chiu; courtesy Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Unfolded spread from L’Ymagier (Paris :Mercure de France, 1894–1896), Alfred Jarry. Photo: Janny Chiu; courtesy Morgan Library & Museum, New York
Illustration from César-antechrist (Paris: Mercure de France), Alfred Jarry Photo: Janny Chiu; courtesy Morgan Library & Museum, New York
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