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Cactus. Mers du Sud (Cactus. South Seas) 1941

Artwork Cactus. Mers du Sud (Cactus. South Seas) this artwork made of Colour woodblock print on PJ watermarked paper, created in 1941-01-01
Accession No.
2021.554
Date Created
1941
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
International Art
Dimensions A
47 x 36.3cm
Edition
ed. 22/150
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

This is one of just three prints that Jacoulet created without a human subject. He made hundreds of sketches and watercolours of flowers, birds, insects and butterflies, but preferred to use them as the background landscapes for his portraits. Jacoulet began collecting butterflies during his first visit to the Pacific in 1929, amassing an extraordinary collection of almost 30 000, now partly housed in the Osaka Museum of Natural History.
 

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© Paul Jacoulet/ADAGP/Copyright Agency

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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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