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Wandering Buddhist Priest - Le Bonze Errant Corée
by Paul Jacoulet 1902-1960
| Item | 36121 |
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| Date Sold | Sunday, July 20, 2008 |
| Title | Wandering Buddhist Priest - Le Bonze Errant Corée |
| Artist | Paul Jacoulet 1902-1960 |
| Description | "Le Bonze Errant - Corée" ("The Wandering Buddhist Priest - Korea"). This design was also produced in small format as a postcard. According to Miles, "... the emerald-green hat, the flawless black lacquer food bowl ..., and the artfully gnarled staff contrast with the dynamic stance and swirl of opaque as well as transparent garments ... The total effect is a brilliant combination of the realistic and visionary that distinguishes Jacoulet's masterpieces.". |
| Signature | 'Paul Jacoulet' in pencil. |
| Seal | Artist's seal (a peach). |
| Dated | 1948. |
| Medium/Technique | Woodblock print. |
| Impression | Excellent ... Printed on paper watermarked with "Jacoulet" in Japanese and his initials. The green hat embossed. |
| Colors | Very good ... Uneven green on the hat. |
| Condition | Good ... Slightly uneven paper toning. Toning lines visible inside the image edges. A light diagonal crease on the upper right margin to the middle area, a light diagonal crease on the lower left area. Two thin spots on the top margin. Light blue ink smudge on the bottom margin. |
| Edition Size | 350 |
| Numbered | 344 / 350 |
| Note | Seals of the carver Maeda Kentaro and printer Fujii Shunosuke on the right margin. The edition number stamped on the back. |
| Width Item | 13.8 inches = 35.0 cm |
| Height Item | 17.7 inches = 45.0 cm |
| Width Image | 11.8 inches = 30.0 cm |
| Height Image | 15.4 inches = 39.0 cm |
| Literature | Miles, Richard, "The Prints of Paul Jacoulet", London: R.G.Sawers Publishing, 1982, - pl.95 |
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