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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Nude 1 — ヌード (No. 1) |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1959 (circa) |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Double Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Double Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 36708 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Nude (No. 1) (ヌード (No. 1))
Paper size: 34.2 x 61 cm. Edition of 200, self-printed in 1959. Print details in pencil in the bottom margin, signed and sealed inside the image (bottom right). Paper label “self-carved self-printed Kaoru Kawano” verso. |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Kaoru Kawano Japanese Woodblock_"Nude (No. 1)"
"Nude (No. 1)" by Kaoru Kawana. JOriginal apanese Color Woodblock. Self-carved and printed by artist; signed and sealed on front and original self-printed and sealed label on back.
Description: Dai Oban tate-e "Nude (No. 1)" by Kaoru Kawano. Numbered 96 of 200. Signed on front by artist in Japanes in red and also in pencil in English. On bottom margin artist penciled in name of Woodcut in both Japanese and English, numbered 96/200 and artist’s name again in pencil in English [this “authenticates” it as woodcut carved and printed by artist himself) Also original artist Self-printed label attached to reverse and sealed.
Owner: E. McCormick
Purchased by owner’s relatives circa 1955-1960 from artist’s solo gallery display.
Condition: some light brown age spots on white portions of figure and in margin. No creases and only faint tape marks on reverse upper margin. Flat without creases; owner-framed behind glass for majority of last 40 years.Photos taken while still in frame; frame removed to confirm signature and seals; will be sold unframed.
Edition:
Limited edition of two hundred impressions, numbered 96/200.
Image Size:
Double Oban – 56.6x29 cm or 22 X 11 1/2 in
Condition:
Notes:
Printed upon fine, thick, Japanese kozo paper and with full margins as printed by Kawano in the 1950’s. Signed in pencil under the ‘Kaoru’ red seal within the woodcut to the lower right and also signed, titled (in both Japanese and English) and numbered, ‘96/200’, by the artist in pencil along the lower margin. A finely printed impression with full mica grounds and in good condition [with the exception of scattered circular age spots on the white) throughout. Nude (No. 1) represents a unique, original example of the famous woodcut art of Kaoru Kawano. |
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| Artist Bio: |
Kaoru Kawano was a very popular artist for his distinctively styled depictions of figures, especially children. He uses the wood grain patterns to lender the textures and the mood to the works.
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