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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: | 33036 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Friday, 15 April 2011
Original woodblock print by Kaoru Kawano entitled "Dancing Figure (Maiogi)". Kawano (1916-1965) was a noted Japanese woodblock artist.
Size of the image is 22 x 15. Signed in pencil lower right beneath the mat. Titled in pencil lower center. Numbered 123/300 in pencil lower left. Seal lower right in the image..
Very good condition in the original mat and frame. Full margins. Not laid down. Size of the frame is 28 1/2 x 20 1/2. The framed piece will be shipped without the glass in order to avoid damage. Excuse any glare in photos. |
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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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