Paul Jacoulet Wood Block Print

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Here for your consideration is a fabulous wood block print by the highly listed Paul Jacoulet, born in France and raised wood block printing to it's highest standards with lavish techniques by Jacoulet, begins as a young man in 1902, at the age of 11 while living in Japan with his affluent family he began printing, and studied under Paul Gauguin and influenced by Matisse. Jaculet utilized up to 300 different hand carved woodblocks in a single piece. Many famous people collected his works, Douglas MacArthur, Greta Gar Bo, Pope Paul x 11, Queen Elizabeth, John F. Kennedy, Michael Landon and Kirk Douglas just to name a few. As Jacoulet aged, he became more weird while wearing kimonos and painting his face white. He was a severe diabetic and flaming homosexual. Jacoulet held is numbers of woodblocks low to enhance popularity and scarcity which is the case with this rare and beautiful piece. This piece and my entire collection have been stored in folders so they are pristine. I have had them professionally matted and framed in acid free materials with UV block glass. All are uncut full sized, with the original bright colors and enormous detail while using deluxe features like embossing, lacquers, micas, metal pigments and precious and semi precious stones. All are watermarked and properly signed with numbers. This woodblock is Jacoulet's number #36 and number 53/350 and is named Le Rocher De Yokadj." The rock of Ponape, East Carolines. Seal, good luck hammer. Carver "Maeda" the rock formation in the background is one of the most famous rock formations in the southseas. Featured here is a young Polynesian girl posing in front of detailed flowers. Frame size is 24" x 20" woodblock is 17" x 13". One of these sold at Sothby's for $4,500 and have fetched up to $25,000. This is a wonderful piece.