Les Jades. Chinoise (Jade Lady. Chinese)

"Les Jades, Chinoise (Jade Lady, Chinese)" from 1940 combines portraiture with the jade subject — a Chinese woman holding or displaying jade objects, the stone's green color and the woman's clothing creating a composition of complementary warm and cool tones. This print represents one of Jacoulet's approaches to the jade theme: rather than depicting the objects alone, he embeds them within a portrait, using the Chinese woman's presence to give the jades their cultural context.