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Les deux adversaires. Corée (droite) (The two adversaries. Korea. (right)) 1950

Artwork Les deux adversaires. Corée (droite) (The two adversaries. Korea. (right)) this artwork made of Colour woodblock print on PJ watermarked paper, created in 1950-01-01
Accession No.
2021.462
Date Created
1950
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
International Art
Dimensions A
47.6 x 36.2cm
Edition
ed. 288/350
Media Category
Print
Secondary Media Category
relief
Medium
Colour woodblock print on PJ watermarked paper
Place Created
Tokyo
Credit Line
Purchased 2021 with funds from the Airey Family through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

Jacoulet dedicated this pair of images — Les Deux Adversaires (Gauche) Corée and Les Deux Adversaires (Droite) Corée 1950 — to then United States’ President Harry S Truman (1884–1972) and sent him a copy at the start of the Korean War. It is the only work Jacoulet created in two parts, symbolic of the relationship between North Korea (officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (or DPRK) and South Korea at the time; it is also a record of the popular ‘sport’ of cockfighting. The shirtless men hold roosters ready for battle, against a backdrop of a jagged mountain range that stands out against the sky, believed to represent T'aebaek Mountains that extend from south-eastern North Korea into South Korea along the eastern coast.
 

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Exhibitions featuring this object

Paul Jacoulet / France 1896–1960 / Les perles (The pearls), Manchukuo (detail) 1950 / Purchased 2021 with funds from the Airey Family through the QAGOMA Foundation / © Paul Jacoulet/ADAGP/Copyright Agency

‘Birds of Passage’

Feb 2024 - Jan 2026

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