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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Dancing Figure (Snow Camellia) |
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| Date of first edition?: | circa 1960-1980 |
| 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: | 33167 |
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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 original woodblock print by well known contemporary Japanese artist Kaoru Kawano (1916-1965). Image size is 15 x 9 inches. This piece is in great condition and is professionally matted and framed to a size of 17 x 11 1/4 inches. Has nice use of silver ink the hooded veil. The print has been freed of all tape which was used to keep it in place in the frame, though there is tape residue at top edge of backside.
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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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