Mixing high art and low art into a disgusting paste.

Ubu

Max Ernst: Ubu Imperator, 1923.

I wonder if this painting has anything to do with Alfred Jarry’s Ubu Roi? If anyone knows please post a comment (as if anyone ever reads this blog), while I try and find a book about Ernst somewhere.

First edition cover of Ubu Roi, 1896:

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This entry was posted on April 4, 2011. It was filed under art, literature and was tagged with , , , .

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