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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Camellia (H) |
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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): | Not Set
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 34596 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Mr. Kawano pencil signed this print in the margin as well as in the print (along with his red chop seal). This is a limited edition, 41/300, titled in Japanese with an (H), as well as being titled in English 'Camellia (H)'. This large woodblock is in very good condition and bears the artists original label verso with the original red seal along the seam where it is tipped to the back of the print. This print measures 23 1/2" high by 18" wide.
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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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