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Artists›Alfred Jarry

Alfred Jarry

French, 1873–1907

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InstallationSurrealismFuturismSymbolism

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ7841

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BiographyWikipedia· 88%

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2893
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/alfred-jarry
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
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Tier 1 · Institutional40%

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Surrealism

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Museum of Modern ArtNew York National Gallery of Art

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Artworks (37)

Ubu Roi

1922 · photomechanical process in black on wove paper

sheet: 32.4 x 25.2 cm (12 3/4 x 9 15/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Ubu Roi; Petits Poèmes amorphes

1898 · photomechanical process in green on light brown wove paper

sheet: 36 x 26.4 cm (14 3/16 x 10 3/8 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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LA CHANSON DE DÉCERVELAGE

1898 · Lithograph, printed in black

Sheet 13 3/4 x 10 5/8" (35.0 x 26.9 cm) Comp. 12 3/16 x 10 1/16" (31.0 x 25.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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OVERTURE D'UBU ROI

1898 · Lithograph, printed in black

Sheet 13 3/4 x 10 5/8" (35.0 x 26.9 cm) Comp. 12 x 18 3/4" (30.5 x 22.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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MARCHE DES POLONAIS

1898 · Lithograph, printed in black

Sheet 13 3/4 x 10 5/8" (35.0 x 27.0 cm) Comp. 11 3/8 x 8 7/8" (28.9 x 22.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Program for Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi

1897 · Lithograph

Comp. 11 5/8 x 8" (29.5 x 20.3 cm) Sheet 14 3/16 x 10 3/8" (36.0 x 26.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ubu Roi

1896 · photomechanical process in black on pink wove paper

sheet: 24.8 x 32.5 cm (9 3/4 x 12 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Program for King Ubu (Ubu roi) from The Beraldi Album of Theatre Programs

1896 · One from an album of 50 lithographs

sheet: 9 11/16 x 12 11/16" (24.6 x 32.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (facing page 97) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Line block reproduction after pen and ink drawing, printed in color

composition 2 3/8 x 3 1/4" (6 x 8.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Two plates (facing page 112) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Woodcuts, printed in color

Upper (comp.irreg.): 1 15/16 x 1 7/16" (5.0 x 3.7 cm) Lower (comp.): 1 3/4 x 1 1/8" (4.4 x 2.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Frontispiece ornament from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 15/16 x 7/8" (2.5 x 2.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (facing page 16) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg. composition 4 13/16 x 2 15/16" (12.3 x 7.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (facing page 48) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg. composition 3 11/16 x 3 1/8" (9.3 x 8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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César Antéchrist

1895 · 15 woodcuts (including frontispiece ornament and wrapper front): 4 printed in black and 11 printed in color; and 1 line block reproduction after pen and ink drawing, printed in color

irreg. page 5 9/16 x 4 1/4" (14 x 10.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Wrapper front from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg. composition 1 1/8 x 13/16" (2.8 x 2.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 7) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 15/16 x 3/4" (2.5 x 2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (facing page 65) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg. composition 4 3/8 x 3 1/4" (11.2 x 8.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (facing page 33) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Woodcut, printed in color

irreg. composition 3 5/16 x 1 15/16" (8.4 x 4.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (facing page 128) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Woodcut, printed in color

composition 2 13/16 x 4 1/4" (7.1 x 10.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (facing page 144) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Woodcut, printed in color

composition 4 7/16 x 2 15/16" (11.3 x 7.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (following table of contents) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 3 7/8 x 2 3/4" (9.9 x 7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Two plates (following printer's device) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Woodcuts, printed in color

Upper (comp.irreg.): 7/8 x 11/16" (2.3 x 1.7 cm) Lower (comp.irreg.): 1 1/8 x 3/4" (2.8 x 1.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Plate (page 6) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST

1895 · Woodcut, printed in black

irreg. composition 15/16 x 3/4" (2.4 x 1.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ubu Roi

1894 · photomechanical process in black on pink wove paper [proof before letters]

sheet: 24.8 x 32.6 cm (9 3/4 x 12 13/16 in.)

National Gallery of Art

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Artwork sources (2)

37 published of 75 catalogued · 6 with image

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33 publishedof 71 catalogued2 img
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4 published4 img

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Surrealism Futurism Symbolism

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Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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National Gallery of Art

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