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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Face B |
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| Date of first edition?: | circa 1950-1970 |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Double Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Double Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 31802 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title Face (B)
hand signed, limited edition
Artist Kaoru Kawano 1916-1965
Signature "Kaoru Kawano" in pencil on the bottom margin. "Kaoru Kawano" in pencil under the red seal (difficult to see).
Seal Artist's seal.
Dated Ca. 1950s.
Medium/Technique Woodblock print.
Edition Size 150
Description The side portrait of a little girl with grape leaves and a banch of grapes.
Kaoru Kawano was a very popular artist for his distinctively styled depictions of figures, especially children. He uses the wood grain patterns to lender the textures and the mood to the works.
Width Item 23.8 inches = 60.5 cm
Height Item 17.5 inches = 44.5 cm |
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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:
Tuesday, 18 April 2006
Dear Mr Walker,
I have recenly found your web-site, and am particuloarly interested in your data-base.
I have four Kaoru Kawano prints, only one of which is on your data-base - "Face". The other three are:
Camillia 2/20
Twilight 26/300
un-named silhouette landscape 41/100
They are all larger than the ones you list, being 25" x 18". They appear to have both pencil signatures and edition numbers on the bottom margin, and also have a black seal on the reverse.
They were bought in Japan in the mid-1960s by my late husband, who was working there at the time.
I hope you find them of interest. Not being very good with computers, I have failed to send pictures of the prints as an attachment, but can mail you pictures if you are interested.
Yours sincerely,
Cy Voller (Mrs) |
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| Artist Bio: |
Kaoru Kawano was a very popular artist for his distinctively styled depictions of figures, especially children. He uses the wood grain patterns to lender the textures and the mood to the works.
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