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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | TWO GIRLS, Friends, Couple (8) |
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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): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Large Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 33295 |
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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, 8 July 2007
This print, done around 1950, is typical of Kawano's work: simple, abstract shapes, strong design, and use of wood grain to remind us of the medium. Here, two girls suggest a feeling of tenderness and intimate friendship with merging arms and subtle facial expressions. A small label from T.Z.Shiota on the reverse indicates the title, "COUPLE <8>", and inventory (?) numbers. In excellent condition, this woodblock is signed in pencil at the lower-right within the image. Print size is 9 1/4" x 14 3/4"; sheet size is 11 1/4" x 16 5/8". |
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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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