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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Young Girl (Yellow Canary) — 少女（黄色い小鳥） |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1960 (circa) |
| Date of this artwork?: | c1960 (may not be accurate) |
| 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: | 32979 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Beautiful Kaoru Kawano Japanese Woodblock Print, approx. 10" by 15" print size, 16 1/4" by 22" framed size. The print is marked with a red mongram and is signed in pencil Kaoru Kawano in the lower right hand corner. Condition is good to very good. The colors are crisp with no fading or age discoloration. The print has been laid down/adhered to its backing. It is flat with no ripples or creases. Along the outside edges, there is evidence of some backing paper which may be dry mount paper. The margin on the print has been trimmed and is not perfectly square (see photo). |
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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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