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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Sacred Lake — 丹頂 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1950 (in the decade of) |
| 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: | 32277 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
| This scene is based on the larger double-oban-sized limited edition version. |
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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:
Japanese Woodblock Print, Standing Crane, K Kawano Japanese woodblock print of a crane standing on one leg above green lily pads. The print is 16 ¾ x 11 inches overall, and the image is 14 7/8 x 9 3/8 inches. To the left of the leg is what I believe the artist’s seal. The pencil signature “Kaoru Kawano” is in the print just below the leg. Condition: Excellent. Good crisp printing on heavy woven paper. This print may not show well in the scan of the photo. The red dot is the top of the head, the slender white triangle extending to the right is the bill; the white arc is the neck (shadowed in black); the grey egg shape is the body, and the straight white line the leg. Kaoru Kawano lived from 1916 to 1965. I would guess this print is from the late 1950’s or early 1960’s.
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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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