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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Goldfish — 金魚 |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1950 (in the decade of) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Large Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 33403 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
| As expected, a double-oban-sized limited edition exists (very rare) and it is basically a mirror image of this oban-sized print. |
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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:
Thursday, 1 September 2005
Estate Sale find from a beautiful home of a collector of Asian Art. I'm selling this beautiful Kawano Kaoru Woodblock print. SIGNED on the bottom right corner. Woodblock is 11" by 7 1/2" and frame around 21" by 17 1/4". |
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| Artist Bio: |
Kaoru Kawano was a very popular artist for his distinctively styled depictions of figures, especially children. He uses the wood grain patterns to lender the textures and the mood to the works.
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