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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Butterflies — 蝶 |
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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: | 33355 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
| Title taken from the double-oban sized first edition. |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
This image is very typical of Kawano's work with the strong yet simple composition.. It shows a young girl kneeling, holding flowers. Butterflies fly around her head, and are striking because of the metallic ink Kawano used for this element of his design. The print is in very good condition, is signed in pencil in the image to the lower right and is also stamped with his stamp. The print measures 15" x 9 1/8". It has not been examined out of frame. It is nicely matted and framed in a silver-toned metal frame. Frame size is 20" x 14". The back of the frame has a biography of the artist attached.
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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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