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Réincarnations du Père Ubu (Title page), La Négresse (Frontispiece)
Réincarnations du Père Ubu (Title page), La Négresse (Frontispiece)

Réincarnations du Père Ubu (Title page), La Négresse (Frontispiece)

Artist Georges A. Rouault French, 1871-1958
Date1931
MediumWood engraving, laid paper
DimensionsSight: 13 5/16 x 9 1/2 in. (33.8 x 24.1 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 22 5/8 x 18 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (57.5 x 47 x 3.2 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineDonated by Stephen J. Sills, M.D. in loving memory of his wife Nancy Mintz Sills.
Object number2008.3.13
On View
Not on view
Collections
  • Modern and Contemporary Art
  • Works on Paper
SignedRECTO (Title side): "GR" signed in the plate about 2" up and 3/4" in from LR corner of image. VERSO: "GR" in the plate at LR, the G engraved quite loosely, looks like an 'S'
InscribedSee Description for title page text.
DescriptionDouble-sided sheet. Recto is the title page for Ambroise Vollard's "Reincarnations du Père Ubu" with an image of a snake charmer and a publication date of 1931. The verso image is a dancing female.

All the text on the title page is printed in upper case block letters, above the image on the page is: "AMBROISE VOLLARD/RÉINCARNATIONS/DU PÈRE UBU/EAUX-FORTES ORIGINALES ET BOIS DESSINÉS PAR/GEORGES ROUAULT; below the image is: "AMBROISE VOLLARD. ÉDITEUR/28, RUE DI MARTIGNAC, 28/PARIS/M CM XXX1" Between the text elements is a plate with a seated figure playing a pipe and facing a large snake with long curling tongue

The verso image is of a nude female dancing with knees bent, her left leg and arms raised. Although the figure appears to be in a landscape there are stage-like elements framing the image with a scalloped valance at the top and a horizontal grid at the bottom. Similar grids appear in different locations on the edges of in both 2008.3.11 and .12

Modern molded wood frame with red-brown finish, brass hanging hook at center top. Wide linen mat.ProvenanceCollection of Sam Mintz, Great Neck, NY; Stephen and Nancy Mintz Sills, Guilderland, NY; Stephen Sills, Guilderland, NY, 2002; The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, 2008.