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Un Homme de Yap, Ouest Carolines (A Man from Yap, Western Carolines)


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Title

Un Homme de Yap, Ouest Carolines (A Man from Yap, Western Carolines)

Related Titles

original language: Un Homme de Yap, Ouest Carolines

translated: A man from Yap, Western Carolines

Artist

Paul Jacoulet (French, active Japan, 1902-1960)

Date

1935

Medium

color woodblock print on paper

Edition

243/350

Catalogue Raisonné

Miles 31

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 15 1/2 in x 11 7/8 in; sheet: 18 1/4 in x 14 7/16 in

Inscriptions & Markings

watermark: interlocking "P" and "J" above Japanese characters 若礼, verso Transliteration (Translation): jakurei ([Japanese characters indicating artist's name, "Jacoulet"]) Language: French; Japanese

carver's mark: 前田謙太郎刀, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, right margin, bottom Transliteration (Translation): Maeda Kentarō tō (carved [by] Maeda Kentarō) Language: Japanese

artist's seal: 若礼 [stylized], printed in red relief within bird-shaped cartouche, lower right Transliteration (Translation): jakurei ([seal of the artist Paul Jacoulet]) Language: Japanese Description: Pronunciation of Japanese characters (jakurei) indicates artist's name, "Jacoulet"

edition: No. 243/350, printed in red ink within rectangular cartouche, verso; lower left

printer's mark: 小川房吉摺, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, right margin, bottom Transliteration (Translation): Ogawa Fusayoshi zuri (printed [by] Ogawa Fusayoshi) Language: Japanese

title: Un Homme de Yap / Ouest Carolines, inscribed in letterpress, bottom margin, right Translation: A Man from Yap / Western Carolines Language: French

signature: Paul Jacoulet, graphite, lower right Language: French

Collection Area

Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Object Type

relief print

Culture

French

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Duscheck

Accession Number

2005.42.2

Copyright

© unknown, research required

Terms

paper

relief printing

relief prints

woodcuts

woodcut

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