Les Enfants aux yeux jaunes, "Ohlol, Est Carolines" (The Yellow-Eyed Children, "Ohlol, Eastern Carolines")

Les Enfants aux yeux jaunes, "Ohlol, Est Carolines" (The Yellow-Eyed Children, "Ohlol, Eastern Carolines")

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

1940

color woodblock print on paper

105/150

Miles 71

image: 15 3/8 in x 11 3/4 in; sheet: 17 1/2 in x 14 1/8 in

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

edition: No. 105/150, printed in red within rectangular cartouche, verso; lower left

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

printer's mark: 内川又四郎摺, printed in black ink within rectangular cartouche, right margin, bottom Transliteration (Translation): Uchikawa Matashirō (Printed [by] Uchikawa Matashirō) Language: Japanese

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

title: Les enfants aux yeux jaunes / "Ohlol est Carolines", inscribed in letterpress, bottom margin, right Translation: The Yellow-eyed Children / "Ohlol, Eastern Carolines" Language: French

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

Gift of Robert Duscheck

2005.42.3

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