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A HAND-COLORED WOODBLOCK PRINT, "LES PERLES, MANDCHOUKUO", BY PAUL JACOULET

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A HAND-COLORED WOODBLOCK PRINT,  LES PERLES, MANDCHOUKUO , BY PAUL JACOULET

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Auction Date:2008 Dec 10 @ 10:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:128 The American Road, Morris Plains, New Jersey, United States
<b>A HAND-COLORED WOODBLOCK PRINT, "LES PERLES, MANDCHOUKUO", BY PAUL JACOULET</b>
Published December 28, 1950. Signed in pencil l.l.c. above the Peach seal, print title and seals of the carver, Kentaro Maeda, and printer, Tetsunosuke Honda, l.r. margin verso with special red seal with artist`s chop "PJ" in script, paper with Jacoulet`s personal Japanese watermark. Paul Jacoulet (French, 1896-1960) is best known for his striking portraits of the natives of Asia and the South Seas, designing and producing in the course of his lifetime over 160 woodblock prints. Following in the collaborative tradition of ukiyo-e printmaking, Jacoulet recruited talented carvers and printers who could duplicate the richly-detailed lines of his drawings and watercolors, frequently using from 200 to 300 wood blocks, which were rendered even more exquisite by the use of costly materials like mica, crushed pearl and powdered metals. Born in Paris in 1896, Jacoulet was raised in Tokyo from an early age after his university professor father Frederic was hired by the Japanese government to teach French to young aristocrats. Jacoulet was fluent in the Japanese language and the country`s social customs, and he studied a wide range of traditional arts. Around 1931, he began to learn woodblock printmaking; two years later he established the Jacoulet Institute of Prints and began publishing his own designs. Jacoulet remained in Japan through World War II and continued to produce prints up until the time of his death in 1960. Although many of his prints were sold by subscription, he also sold a number of prints to American military officers stationed in Japan after the war. Reverse shows slight toning and tape shadows but front and image within plate line is excellent. Great mica highlights. Water staining to raw silk mat, not affecting image.