Georges Hugnet Ubu Gallery New-York

He was so inspired by his wanderings that he combined earlier collages with newly made ones and sequenced the 82 chosen collages into a Surrealist drama with accompanying handwriten text. The collages depict humorous, racy and grotesque situations in and around Trébaumec, a word play on "good looking guy." A gap of 22 years followed before the publication was finally realized. The exhibition, which opens on May 19th and runs through September 30th, will feature various examples of the book, including an early maquette, one of the five deluxe copies containing 82 original photographs of the collages, and one of the 10 "semi-deluxe" copies specially bound by Mercher. Eighty-two vintage photographs of the collages acquired from the estate of Hugnet will be available for sale individually and will present the entire sequence of images from the book. Also on display will be 12 of the original collages, as well as ephemera surrounding the book. Gallery hours are 11:00 AM—6:00 PM, Monday through Friday. Ubu Gallery is located at 416 East 59th Street between First Avenue and Sutton Place.