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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Unknown, Young Girl In Kimono- Camellia |
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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: | 34189 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Kawano Kaoru (Japanese 1916-1965) ... 14 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches (approx. image) color woodbock print with full margins (3 with nice deckled edges) ... Title unknown (Young Girl) ... Date: Circa 1950s? ... Signed with red seal AND "pencil- signed" by artist lower left ... There is a pencil notation lower right "good"? ... Numbered on reverse #22 ... Condition: Excellent. Lots of WOOD GRAIN! No rips, tears or scratches to image or paper. Image is exceptionally clean and bright. (Lightness at top in photo is not there in original. Color is strong and even throught entire image.) Indentation at top left edge is "original" to paper irregularity & deckling. This is not a rip or tear! Very slight mat staining (not noticeable)...This is a very GOOD LOOKING modern Kawano print…
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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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