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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | May |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Not Set |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Not Set |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
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Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Not Set
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 33450 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Original blockprint by listed Japanese artist Kaoru Kawano (b. 1916 Otaru Hokkaido). CHILD WITH GRAINSTALKS AND SUN, circa 1960. Signed with the red Kawano seal in the lower right corner, the work is not signed in pencil, thus is from the unlimited edition. The print has been trimmed,but retains part of the black publisher's seal in the margin, verso (see image). Condition: Excellent color. Taped with masking tape verso to mat along top margin, and trimmed, with the following margin sizes: Top, 1/4 inch; Sides, 1/2 inch; and Bottom, 5/8 inch. Unframed, the matted print will be shipped with archival quality mylar to protect the image. Image size is about 10 1/8 x 14 3/8 inches.
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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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