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Paul JACOULET (1902 - 1960)

La Soupe aux Huitres - "Chinois" 'Oyster Stew, Chinese'

Signed:               Paul Jacoulet (in pencil) Sealed:               Peach (below the signature) Carver:              Maeda Editon no.:         Limited edition no.: 66/350 (stamped au verso)                             - fewer than 120 (!) impressions actually made. Published:          28 May 1948 Size:                    Large ôban: c. 47 x 36 cms / c. 18 1/2" x 14 1/8" (the entire sheet) Condition: Superb impression, perfect preservation of the delicate vegetable color pigments, - in MINT condition, except for a printer's crease mark in the bottom margin only. - Printed on watermarked, hand-made paper. - ref. no.: # 773343 Price:    € 3,200.00

"A sense of autumnal isolation and hardship is remarkably conveyed by the pose, the shabbiness of the broken basket in the lower right, and the anxiety with which the Chinese servants are gulping their hot soup. The leaves on the trees are not the usual decorative patterns, but insect-riddled left-overs about to fall from the twigs. This image reflects Jacoulet's feelings of loneliness and frustration more poignantly than any of his letters of the time." (R. Miles) Reference: Richard Miles, "The Prints of Paul Jacoulet"; Pacific Asia Musem and Robert G. Sawers Publishing; Pasadena and London; 1982, cat. p. 109-110, no. 93.

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