Very Fine Paul Jacoulet Woodblock Print. Vibrant Colors

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Very Fine Paul Jacoulet Woodblock Print. Vibrant Colors

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Sold Date: 10/22/2007
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

PAUL JACOULET WOODBLOCK PRINT SIGNED

Born in Paris, 1896, Paul Jacoulet went to Japan with his parents in 1906.

THIS WOODBLOCK IS ORIGINAL AND IT IS HAND SIGNED. IT IS IN MINT CONDITION FOR ITS AGE. THE MEASUREMENT OF THE IMAGE ITSELF IS 15 1/4 INCHES HIGH X 11 1/2 INCHES WIDE. THE FRAMED MEAUSRMENT IS 18 3/4 X 23 INCHES. He accepted a position with the French embassy in Tokyo in 1920, but frail health forced his resignation. He pursued his art full-time from 1921. In 1929, Jacoulet made the first of many trips to the South Seas, a region which was to inspire many of his future works. By 1934, he arranged for the fine artist and woodblock carver Kazuo Yamagishi to assist him in producing his first woodblock prints. Jacoulet, working with a succession of top carvers and printers, continued to act as his own publisher, exercising a high degree of control over the process and personally supervising the pulling of the prints. Only prints for which he had subscription orders were printed, hence very few designs were printed in their full editions. Special hand-made and watermarked paper made in Kyoto, lavish use of gold, silver, platinum, mica, mother of pearl and powdered semi-precious stones, coupled with his use of as many as 300 different blocks for a single print, make Jacoulet's body of work unique.

In 1941, Jacoulet moved from Toykyo to the comparative safety of Kauizawa, w he continued to live and maintain his studio until his death in 1960.

additional photos are added now...also the size of the sheet is 14 1/8 x 18 1/8 inches. i believe the margins are full. IT IS NUMBERED ON THE REVERSE 221/350