Le Miroir de Laque Rouge. Tokyo (The Red Lacquer Mirror. Tokyo) 19/150
- Date:
- 1938
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- robynbuntin
Description
"Le Miroir de Laque Rouge, Tôkyô" (The Red Lacquer Mirror, Tokyo) edition 19 of 150, printed in 1938, depicts a Japanese woman examining herself in a red lacquer hand mirror — a subject that places his portraiture in the tradition of bijin-ga while adding the mediated self-perception of the reflected image. The red lacquer mirror's rich color would have given Jacoulet one of his most saturated color focal points, the vermillion object anchoring a composition built around the woman's absorbed gaze into the mirror.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Le Miroir de Laque Rouge. Tokyo (The Red Lacquer Mirror. Tokyo) 19/150 was created by Paul Jacoulet (ポール・ジャクレー) in 1938.
Le Miroir de Laque Rouge. Tokyo (The Red Lacquer Mirror. Tokyo) 19/150 depicts craftspeople, set at Tokyo.