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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Quiet Rain (B)- LE |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
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Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Double Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Double Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 34363 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Kaoru Kawano Japanese Woodblock prints I have on ebay. This one is rare, it is signed twice, just under the seal and lower right hand corner. Titled Quiet Rain (B), and #d 118 of only 200 in pencil. This is huge measuring 23.8 X 17.9 inches. There are also some areas that appear to have mica highlights. Nice bleedthrough. There is another seal on the back also. Condition is pretty good. Borders have some tape residue.
See also Kawashima, Minoru (print 5550 in my database). |
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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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