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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Mystery |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
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Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 31787 |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Old Japanese Woodblock Print by Kaoru Kawano Child Signed and Mark
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From an email to (Ross):
I have several of this artist’s works including one that you have listed as “unknown title” child wearing veil and is marked 50/50. It is titled “Mystery”. They were all acquired by my brother when he was serving as a physician in the Air Force and was stationed at Tachikawa, Tokyo Japan during the Viet Nam years.
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The print is 11.95 inches by 18 inches wide.
It is in good condition with no repairs, tear, nor stain, except small tear the backing of the frame.
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| Artist Bio: |
Kaoru Kawano was a very popular artist, known for his distinctively styled depictions of figures, especially children. He uses the woodgrain patterns to render the textures and the mood to his works.
Double-oban-sized prints are almost always limited-edition lifetime strikes that are pencil-signed, editioned, and titled by Kawano himself. There are rare later editions that have stencilled titles, which I believe are posthumous strikes.
Large-oban-sized scenes with a pencil-signed signature (usually within the printed area) will be lifetime editions signed by the artist, while unsigned prints with a black round seal on the verso will be posthumous strikes.
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