Shin Hanga prints
| Design: | Paul Jacoulet (1896-1960) | |||||
| Title: | Le Bol de Lait. Aino. Hokkaido, Japon. | |||||
| Size: | 39.3 x 29.8 cm (dai ōban) | |||||
| Original woodblock print | ||||||
| Photography: | Jacques Commandeur |
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Special effect: grain impression of green woodblock for the floor in this print.
Published in May 1958.
Impression number 43 out of 350 on verso of the print:
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Watermark with ‘PJ’ in romaji and ‘若礼’ (i.e., Jakurei) in kanji in left margin.
Paul Jacoulet signature in black pencil and red Peony seal in lower left of the print.
Names of carver and printer in right margin:
| Character | Translation | Character | Translation |
| 前 | 本 | ||
| 田 | Maeda | 多 | Honda |
| 謙 | 鉄 | ||
| 太 | 之 | ||
| 郎 | Kentarō | 助 | Tetsunosuke |
| 刀 | Carver | 摺 | Printer |
Print title in right bottom margin: LE BOL DE LAIT AINO__HOKKAIDO JAPON
On this print Richard Miles (1982) comments: ‘This very rare work reminds us of the equally simple ‘‘floating figure’’ Kiyoshi of the spring of 1939. The Ainu woman in her traditional costume is one of Jacoulet’s most quietly appealing studies. Only now when the Ainu have nearly died out as a distinct race has this image gained the appreciation it has always deserved.’
References
- Miles, Richard (1982). The prints of Paul Jacoulet. Pasadena: Pacific Asia Museum.
- Polak, Christian, et Sawatari, Kiyoko (2013). Un artiste voyageur en Micronésie. L’univers flottant de Paul Jacoulet. Musée du quai Branly, Paris: Somogy éditions d’art.
Provenance: Castle Fine Arts