$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.
"Fumées de Santal, Mandchoukuo" (Sandalwood Smoke, Manchukuo) from December 25, 1948 depicts a figure from the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo amid the fragrant smoke of burning sandalwood. The incense smoke's soft curling movement would have given Jacoulet a challenging formal problem — rendering the translucent, drifting column of smoke in the flat woodblock medium — solved through careful bokashi gradation and pale, warm pigments. The subject's cultural complexity (Manchukuo being Japan's colonial state in northeastern China) is embedded in the print's production date, years after the state's dissolution.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Fumées de Santal - Mandchoukuo was created by Paul Jacoulet (ポール・ジャクレー) in December 25, 1948.
Fumées de Santal - Mandchoukuo depicts figures, religious, and portraits.
Fumées de Santal - Mandchoukuo measures 30.2 × 39.2 cm (Oban format).
