$2,000–$20,000. Common subjects: $2,000–$5,000. Key value factors: Jacoulet's limited editions (typically 350 impressions) and distinctive subjects make his work consistently sought after.
"Cactus, Mers du Sud" (Cactus, South Seas) from 1941 turns to the Pacific landscape rather than its people — the cactus plant rendered in Jacoulet's characteristically bold color, a botanical subject of the Pacific islands that frames his broader engagement with the region's visual culture. The South Seas cactus subject belongs to a group of works produced during his Pacific travels, in which landscape and vegetation supplemented his primary focus on portraiture. The 1941 date places this in the turbulent period just before Japan's Pacific War began in earnest.
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Cactus. Mers du Sud was created by Paul Jacoulet (ポール・ジャクレー) in 1941.
Cactus. Mers du Sud depicts landscapes and still life.
