Artist Monograph

Alfred Jarry, French

French, 1873–1907

Medium Breakdown

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Woodcut	26	68.4%
Lithography	10	26.3%
Drawing	1	2.6%
Printmaking	1	2.6%

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	32	86.5%
Medium (30–100 cm)	5	13.5%

Range: 2.3 cm → 32.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1947	2
1949	3
1964	4
1993	28
2008	1

French Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 38 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Frontispiece ornament from LES MINUTES DE SABLE MÉMORIAL Illustrated Book Acc. 710.1993.1	1894	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 1 5/16 x 1 1/16" (3.3 x 2.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Headpiece (page I) from LES MINUTES DE SABLE MÉMORIAL Illustrated Book Acc. 710.1993.2	1894	Line block, printed in black	irreg. composition 9/16 x 2 3/8" (1.5 x 6.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Les Minutes de Sable Mémorial Illustrated Book Acc. 710.1993.1-12	(1894)	11 woodcuts (including frontispiece ornament and variant on wrapper front): 2 printed in black and 9 printed in color; and 1 line block reproduction after pen and ink drawing, printed in black	irreg. page 5 5/16 x 4 5/16" (13 x 11 cm) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 101) from LES MINUTES DE SABLE MÉMORIAL Illustrated Book Acc. 710.1993.5	1894	Woodcut, printed in color	composition 2 5/8 x 1 1/4" (6.7 x 3.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 117) from LES MINUTES DE SABLE MÉMORIAL Illustrated Book Acc. 710.1993.6	1894	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 13/16 x 1 5/16" (4.6 x 3.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 149) from LES MINUTES DE SABLE MÉMORIAL Illustrated Book Acc. 710.1993.7	1894	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 13/16 x 2 1/8" (4.6 x 5.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 169) from LES MINUTES DE SABLE MÉMORIAL Illustrated Book Acc. 710.1993.8	1894	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 2 3/16 x 3 1/16" (5.5 x 7.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 184) from LES MINUTES DE SABLE MÉMORIAL Illustrated Book Acc. 710.1993.9	1894	Woodcut, printed in color	composition 2 11/16 x 3 3/8" (6.8 x 8.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 20) from LES MINUTES DE SABLE MÉMORIAL Illustrated Book Acc. 710.1993.4	1894	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 2 15/16 x 2 3/8" (7.4 x 6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 200) from LES MINUTES DE SABLE MÉMORIAL Illustrated Book Acc. 710.1993.10	1894	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 1/2 x 1 9/16" (3.9 x 4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page X) from LES MINUTES DE SABLE MÉMORIAL Illustrated Book Acc. 710.1993.3	1894	Woodcut, printed in color	composition 4 1/16 x 3 11/16" (10.3 x 9.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (following errata) from LES MINUTES DE SABLE MÉMORIAL Illustrated Book Acc. 710.1993.11	1894	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 3 1/8 x 1 5/16" (8 x 3.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Wrapper front (variant of frontispiece ornament) LES MINUTES DE SABLE MÉMORIAL Illustrated Book Acc. 710.1993.12	1894	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 5/16 x 1 1/8" (3.3 x 2.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
César Antéchrist Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.1-14	(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) Prints: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Frontispiece ornament from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.1	1895	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 15/16 x 7/8" (2.5 x 2.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 128) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.10	1895	Woodcut, printed in color	composition 2 13/16 x 4 1/4" (7.1 x 10.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 144) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.11	1895	Woodcut, printed in color	composition 4 7/16 x 2 15/16" (11.3 x 7.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 16) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.4	1895	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 4 13/16 x 2 15/16" (12.3 x 7.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 33) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.5	1895	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 3 5/16 x 1 15/16" (8.4 x 4.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 48) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.6	1895	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 3 11/16 x 3 1/8" (9.3 x 8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 65) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.7	1895	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 4 3/8 x 3 1/4" (11.2 x 8.2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (facing page 97) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.8	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (following table of contents) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.12	1895	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 3 7/8 x 2 3/4" (9.9 x 7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (page 6) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.2	1895	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 15/16 x 3/4" (2.4 x 1.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Plate (page 7) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.3	1895	Woodcut, printed in black	irreg. composition 15/16 x 3/4" (2.5 x 2 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Two plates (facing page 112) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.9	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Two plates (following printer's device) from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.13	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Wrapper front from CÉSAR ANTÉCHRIST Illustrated Book Acc. 711.1993.14	1895	Woodcut, printed in color	irreg. composition 1 1/8 x 13/16" (2.8 x 2.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Program for Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi Print Acc. 317.1947	December 20, 1896	Lithograph	Comp. 9 3/8 x 11 1/8" (23.9 x 28.2 cm) Sheet 9 3/4 x 12 13/16" (24.8 x 32.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Rewald
Program for King Ubu (Ubu roi) from The Beraldi Album of Theatre Programs Print Acc. 289.2008.38	1896	One from an album of 50 lithographs	sheet: 9 11/16 x 12 11/16" (24.6 x 32.3 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund, Mary Ellen Oldenburg Fund, and Sharon P. Rockefeller Fund
Program for Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi Print Acc. 316.1947	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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Gift of John Rewald
LA CHANSON DE DÉCERVELAGE Print Acc. 537.1949	(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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
MARCHE DES POLONAIS Print Acc. 536.1949	(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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
OVERTURE D'UBU ROI Print Acc. 535.1949	(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) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Répertoire des Pantins Illustrated Book Acc. 682.1964.1-9	1898	9 lithographs, printed in black	Prints: various dimensions. Page: various dimensions. ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Wrapper for POLISH MARCH from RÉPERTOIRE DES PANTINS Illustrated Book Acc. 682.1964.8	(1898)	Lithograph cover and musical score	irreg. composition 11 1/8 x 9" (28.2 x 22.9 cm) page 13 3/4 x 10 9/16" (35 x 26.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Wrapper for THE SONG OF AWARDS from RÉPERTOIRE DES PANTINS Illustrated Book Acc. 682.1964.9	(1898)	Lithograph cover and musical score	irreg. composition 12 1/8 x 10" (30.8 x 25.5 cm) page 13 13/16 x 10 1/2" (35 x 26.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection
Wrapper for UBU ROI OVERTURE from RÉPERTOIRE DES PANTINS Illustrated Book Acc. 682.1964.7	(1898)	Lithograph cover and musical score	irreg. composition 11 13/16 x 8 11/16" (30 x 22 cm) page 13 3/4 x 10 5/8" (35 x 27 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Drawings & Prints	The Louis E. Stern Collection