Ubu to You!

Ubu to You! is the title of a box which contains 2 books with Franciszka Themerson’s work onUbu Roi. The first book to be read vertically deals with Franciszka’s illustrations for the first English translation of the Alfred Jarry’s play Ubu Roi published by Gaberbocchus Press in 1951,then, come her papier-mache masks of the characters in the play for the ICA, and finally, designs for the puppet performance at the Marionetteteatern in Stockholm. The second book, to be read horizontally, is of Franciszka’s 90 designs for her Ubu Comic Strip. In reality, each one is 1 metre long.