Unknown, child and butterfly
by Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965)

	Artist:	Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫
	Title:	Unknown, child and butterfly
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	Not set
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Not Set
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Not Set
	Medium (first edition):	Woodblock
	Medium (this edition):	Woodblock
	Format (first edition):	Not Set
	Format (this edition):	Not Set
	DB artwork code:	33703
	Notes (first edition)?:
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: AN IMORTANT LOOKING SIGNATURE which is PENCIL SIGNED and also has the ink stamped HOKA of the artist we believe this dates to the post war 1950s This comes in its ORIGINAL OLD MODERN WOOD FRAME , we removed it to take the images the frame has a some marks to the BLACK LACQUER finish , but other than that it is fine there IS GLASS , but we HIGHLY SUGGEST you allow us to ship it without the glass, as it deserves some new non glare glass which can be purchased cheaper than it would cost to ship this old shiny glass THIS ART IS MULTI TEXTURED and VERY 3 DIMENSIONAL , it is NOT a mass produced print; it is an ORIGINAL WORK OF ART the art showing is in perfect condition , the art is on a TEXTURED WATER COLOR PAPER and just the art without the matte is 13 1/2 by 11 1/4
	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.