Le Miroir de Laque Rouge. Tokyo (The Red Lacquer Mirror. Tokyo) 19/150
- Date:
- 1938
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
$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.
"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.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
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.
