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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Small Bird |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1950 (in the decade of) |
| 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: | 34115 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
You are bidding on a modern Japanese woodblock print made by the famous woodblock artist Kawano. The print size is 15 inch x 10 1/4 inches. The artist’s signature is at the lower right corner of the woodblock print. The four borders (margins) are intact. Colors are in layers and bleed through the Japanese Washi paper. There are no defects, stains, or foxing. The woodblock is in excellent condition.
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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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