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Perle - Les Perles Mandchoukuo
by Paul Jacoulet 1902-1960
| Item | 15673 |
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| Date Sold | Sunday, August 28, 2005 |
| Title | Perle - Les Perles Mandchoukuo |
| Artist | Paul Jacoulet 1902-1960 |
| Description | "Les Perles Mandchoukuo" (The Pearls. Manchuria). This print is considered as the technical masterpiece of Japanese woodblock printing. More than 300 individual impressions from nearly sixty blocks, both sides carved, were used for creating this exquisite design. It was dedicated to Queen Juliana of the Netherlands as a part of a gift set. |
| Signature | Paul Jacoulet in pencil. |
| Seal | Peach seal. |
| Dated | 1950. |
| Publisher | Self published. |
| Medium/Technique | Woodblock print. |
| Impression | Excellent ... printed on "Jacoulet" in Japanese and his initials watermarked paper. |
| Colors | Excellent - very good ... gold and silver colored metallic pigments. |
| Condition | Excellent - very good ... light toning, two pin size holes on the left margin, light toning line along the top of the image on the upper margin. |
| Edition Size | 350 |
| Numbered | 142 / 350 |
| Note | Carver Maeda Kentaro and Printer Honda Tetsunosuke stamped on the right margin. The edition number stamped on the reverse side. |
| Width Item | 14.2 inches = 36.0 cm |
| Height Item | 18.7 inches = 47.5 cm |
| Width Image | 11.7 inches = 29.8 cm |
| Height Image | 15.5 inches = 39.3 cm |
| Literature | Miles, Richard, "The Prints of Paul Jacoulet", London: R.G.Sawers Publishing, 1982, - pl.113 |
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