Paul JACOULET -- "Hokkan-Mountains - Seoul, Korea"

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Artist Paul JACOULET
(1902-1960)
Title "Hokkan-Mountains - Seoul, Korea"
("Hokkan-Zan - Seoul, Coree")
Date 1937, December 6; Limited Edition #246/350, pencil-signed.
Series na
Publisher Self-published. Red "Tea Jar" seal, "PJ water-mark" lower left margin.
Seal, Carver/Printer Maeda/Honda
Image Size 11 7/8 x 15 3/8 ("dai-oban")
Impression Very Fine. Skillfully executed "bokashi" shading; visible woodgrain to mountains; deeply cross-grained "gauffrage" to man's jacket, and to mountains; crisply detailed lines.
Condition Very Good++. Excellent colors. (Light toning to margins; glue-staining from original "presentation folder"; soft diagonal crease upper/right corner; light wear. No prior mounts.)
Reference/Illus "The Prints of Paul Jacoulet" #45.
Comments A delightful composition of a pipe-smoking Korean man. (#45 of Jacoulet's 166 lifetime images.)
Item # TL-01
Price Special $480
SOLD/SWH
(Reg $600 (Price Reduced, was $800)