Paul Jacoulet Japanese Woodblock print -Jeu Princier Mongol (The sport of princes)- Mongolia – 1956. ONLY 60 IMPRESSIONS WHERE MADE!! From Richard Miles book: This print is technically the most complicated of all Jacoulet’s, in term of colors used, overprintings, and multiple Gauffrage. Bronze, silver, gold and pearl-powder matallics. Amazing quality print, very good impression, strong and vibrant colors. Jacoulet’s in this print takes his art to his top level, he use all the techniques he mastered before in one print. Amazing use of Gauffrage and pearl-powder metallics. SIGNATURE or SEAL: Hand Signature in pencil, Peony stams. DATE or CIRCA: 1956 PAPER SIZE: 18.4 x 14.4 inches, 46X36cm IMPRESSION/COLOR/CONDITION: Good/Good/Good CONDITION DETAILS: Good condition, nice bleeding through on back, it was attached to a matt see photos, no repairs, no holes. Jacoulet was born in Paris in 1902 and lived in Japan for most of his life. During World War II, he moved to Karuizawa, where he survived in the countryside by growing vegetables and raising poultry. During the occupation, at the request of General Douglas MacArthur, he was recruited by Commandant Charles McDowell to work at the Tokyo Army College. MacArthur would join Greta Garbo, Pope Pius XII and Queen Elizabeth II, as a prominent collector of Jacoulet’s work. Jacoulet is considered one of the few western artists to have mastered the art of woodblock printing sufficiently to be recognized in Japan. His works are almost all of people, either portraits or full body images capturing some background details. He has had a number of exhibits in the years since his death including two at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena (1983 and 1990), the Yokohama Art Museum (1996 and 2003), the Riccar Museum in Tokyo (1982), and the Isla Center for the Arts on Guam (1992 and 2006). He also achieved some recognition in his lifetime including an exhibit sponsored by the US Fifth Air Force (in 1946 according to Time Magazine). Two complete catalogues of his woodblock prints exist (one in English and one in Japanese with some English) as well as exhibition books and posters from all his exhibits. Many prints are very rare because all Jacoulets pre-World War II work that had not already been taken out of the country by collectors was destroyed by fire. Jacoulet was a true renaissance man French but born and raised in Japan, expert in Kabuki, proficient on traditional Japanese musical instruments, a good calligrapher, conversant in several languages, and a recognized butterfly collector. Growing up in Tokyo he was the next door neighbor of Ukiyoe authority Yone Noguchi; he was taught English by Noguchi’s American wife, Leonie Gilmour, and befriended their son, the young Isamu Noguchi. Jacoulets father was an ambassador so Paul was widely traveled and was doted upon by his mother. She supported his artistic endeavors all her life. She believed that if French Polynesia was good for Paul Gauguin, then Jacoulet must go there too. She sent him away many winters from Japan to various islands in Micronesia, Indonesia, and the Philippines. Although his most valued works are from this part of the world, he also has a substantial number of prints with subjects from China, Korea, all areas of Japan, and Mongolia. Just one print depicts an American. Jacoulet’s works are also interesting to anthropologists. First because his subject matter was indigenous people in their traditional dress. In 1939 traditional people were the norm in his travels. Today his work is often used as a basis for reconstructing, for example, what Ainu traditional dress looked like by the Ainu themselves in their quest to reconnect with their cultural roots. Second, some of the subjects who posed for Jacoulet are still alive and they are currently being interviewed by a professor in Guam (Donald Rubinstein) to learn more about his artistic process. ALL OUR PRINTS ARE ORIGINAL JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS. Your satisfaction guarenteed, if you are not pleased with the item please send it back. WE WILL NOT CHARGE ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS FOR MULTIPLE AUCTIONS, YOU CAN. The item “Paul Jacoulet Japanese Woodblock print -Jeu Princier Mongol- Mongolia 1956″ is in sale since Friday, September 22, 2017. This item is in the category “Antiques\Asian Antiques\Japan\Prints”. The seller is “moses_collectibles” and is located in Petah-Tikwa, default. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Type: Paintings, Scrolls & Prints
• Age: Post-1940
• Region of Origin: Japan
• Original/Reproduction: Original
• Featured Refinements: Japanese Woodblock Print