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Décervelages / paroles d'Alfred Jarry ; musique de Claude Terrasse ; lithographies de Max Ernst.

Accession number
PML 197665
Creator
Jarry, Alfred, 1873-1907, author.
Published
[Paris] : Galerie Alexandre Iolas, 1971.
Credit line
Purchased for the Robert J. and Linda Klieger Stillman Pataphysics Collection on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 2017.
Notes
Illustrated with 9 color lithographs: 7 plates plus illustrated title page and colophon.
Each plate captioned with brief phrases associated with, or quoting, Jarry's Ubu plays.
Includes Jarry's texts Inventions nouvelles, originally published with the subtitle Lettre confidentielle du Père Ubu in Almanach illustré du Père Ubu (1901), and Chanson du décervelage with music by Claude Terrasse, originally published by Mercure de France in 1898.
"Edité par Alexandre Iolas, réalisé par Pierre Chave. 99 exemplaires sur Arches numérotés et signés par Max Ernst dont 33 exemplaires de tête enrichis d'une suite des planches sur Japon. Il a été en outre tiré 16 exemplaires de collaborateurs justifiés de A à P."--Colophon.
Library's copy numbered 61 of 99, with an additional specimen of the illustrated portfolio label loosely inserted.
Description
10 unnumbered pages, 8 leaves of plates, 2 blank leaves : color illustrations (lithographs), music ; 66 x 51 cm
Inscriptions/Markings
Colophon and plates signed by artist in pencil, as called for.
Binding
Unbound sheets laid in grey cloth-covered portfolio with linen ties; illustrated paper label mounted on cover, printed in blue.
Classification
Department