Lot 386
Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960), La Geisha Kiyoka, Tokyo, 1935
Lot 386 Details
Paul Jacoulet (1902-1960), La Geisha Kiyoka, Tokyo, 1935
保罗·雅库雷 (1902-1960) 艺伎清香 东京 1935年
Early Kanji Edition 117/150, stamped verso 'Hyakugoju mai zeppan dai hyakujuunana ban' (150 limited edition, number 117), the margin with hand-applied title; woodblock print embellished with silver mica
sheet 18.5 x 14.1 in — 47 x 35.7 cm
Estimate $1,000-$1,500
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Paul Jacoulet was born in Paris in 1896 and moved to Japan at the age of four where his father had worked, and lived the majority of his life there. After a series of trips to the South Seas and Korea in the late 1920s, he created his first print in 1934.
This print depicts Jacoulet's friend, Kiyoka, in formal Japanese attire, amusingly inspecting another one of Jacoulet's prints, "Jeune Fille de Saipan et Fleurs d'Hibiscus". The print in her hands is delicately applied with silver mica, and the girl's face features a soft glow.
This is the only print of Jacoulet's 166 works to contain another one of his prints, and provides a juxtaposition of Japan and the Pacific. The presence of a hand-applied label on the front bottom margin and kanji numbering the edition on the verso indicates that this print is an early and rare edition.
保罗·雅库雷于1896年出生在巴黎，四岁时随父亲移居日本，并在那里生活了大部分时间。在20世纪20年代末进行了一系列南海和韩国的旅行后，他于1934年创作了他的第一幅版画。
这幅版画描绘了雅库雷的朋友清香，身穿正式的日本服装，幽默地检查着雅库雷的另一幅版画《塞班岛少女与木槿花》。她手中的版画上精致地涂有银云母，女孩的脸庞散发出柔和的光泽。
这是雅库雷的166件作品中唯一一幅包含他另一幅版画的作品，并提供了日本与太平洋之间的对比。底部前缘的手工标签和背面的汉字编号表明，这幅版画是一个早期且稀有的版本。