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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Dancing Figure, Mai Ogi- LE |
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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): | Double Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Double Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 33035 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Sunday, 13 November 2005
This large sized 24" X 17" WB print by Kaoru Kawano (1916-1965) is one of his most typical textured abstruct representation of figures. It is 188/300 limited edition and in very good condition. The picture color bleeds through the back. It is both signed and sealed in the image (the signature is signed under the seal) as well as under the print both in English and Japanese.
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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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