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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: | 32278 |
| 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:
A great woodblock impression of a stylized stork in bushes by Kaoru Kawano(1916-1965). It is artist stamped and pencil signed on the image. Good condition save for moisture seepage stain at bottom of paper in border next to frame a bottom right, that it is out of the blocked image. Measures approx. 19" x 11".
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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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