Description
English Title is Sawara Fisherman, Japan. JP watermark bottom left margin. Miles Catalog No. 33.
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Richard Miles notes that the landscape in the background is executed without black outlines. Quite an alluring figure, peering over his shoulder, with the pipe held firmly between closed lips. Obviously relaxing after a hard day’s work and a successful catch.
Additional information
| Dimensions | 18.5×14.25 inch paper |
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| Condition | Excellent, with vivid colors and no toning or foxing. One yellowing tape stain top margin front. Faint skinning of paper from prior hinges at top back side |
| Signature & Seals | pencil signed within the image, signed and dated "5 Septembre 1947 in Kanazawa.", with red Mandarin Duck seal. Maeda/Fujii carver/printer seal at right. Also personalized in bottom margin with an inked greeting of good wishes |
| Artist Name | Paul JACOULET (1896?-1960) |
| Medium | woodblock print |
| Edition | 188/350 stamped in red verso |
| Year | 1936 |
photo by Svein Olslund