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Amoureux a Tarang. Yap. Quest Carolines 1935

Accession No.
2023.070
Date Created
1935
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
International Art
Dimensions A
43 x 33cm
Media Category
Print
Medium
Colour woodblock print on PJ watermarked paper
Place Created
Japan
Credit Line
Purchased 2023 with funds from the Airey Family through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation

Although Jacoulet created many sketches and watercolours of his subjects’ traditional body markings, only four prints feature tattoos. They appear in this work on the sitters’ wrists, his thigh and her hands. The women’s markings are believed to indicate that she is a member of the Tarang aristocracy, and by her sennit necklace that she is eligible for marriage. The vivid, watercolour-like hues create a sense of depth between the lovers and their landscape, while also giving a joyous energy to the scene.
 

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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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