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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Woman Holding a Baby |
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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): | Not Set
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 31820 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
This is a very nice Japanese woodcut/woodblock color print of a woman holding a baby and a cross in the background. It reminds me of the Madonna and child and the Cross in the background. The image is very bold and striking. The image size measures approximately 10 x 14 inches and the frame measures about 17 x 21 inches. The print is original to the frame and I have chosen not to remove it. The signature is signed in pencil and can be seen in the lower right corner below the artist's cartouche. I do not see any tears, stains or other imperfections.
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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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