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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Dancing figure- KAMURO |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
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Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 32657 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
THE PRINT HAS KAWANO'S SEAL IN RED. THE IMAGE SIZE IS 10" x 15". THE PAPER SIZE IS 11 1/2" x 16 3/4". THE PRINT IS VIVIDLY COLORED AND IS IN GOOD CONDITION, WITH EXCELLENT BLEEDTHROUGH, EXCEPT FOR SOME SLIGHT CREASING IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT MARGIN. ALSO THERE IS SOME MOUNTING RESIDUE ON THE BACK.
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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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