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The Wasp's Nest, Ponape (Le Nid de Guêpes, Ponapé)
- Date:
- 1938
- Medium:
- Color woodblock print
Typical Price
Set in Ponape (Pohnpei), "The Wasp Nest" is a distinctive Pacific Island composition that captures a moment of daily life in Micronesia. Jacoulet's Pacific subjects gain value as ethnographic documents of communities that have been profoundly transformed since the 1930s. Fine impressions with preserved metallic pigments fetch $1,500-$5,500.
Description
A Ponapean man examining a wasp's nest, rendered with botanical precision in the surrounding tropical foliage and ethnographic detail in the subject's traditional attire.
