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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | On the Grass |
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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): | Double Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Double Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 37488 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
On the Grass - 草
1950s/60s (First edition)
Woodblock - 木版画
Double Oban - 特大版, 39 x 58cm (image size)
Edition of 100 prints. Small edition of 100, so I believe this to be one of Kawano's earlier designs. Japanese title is simply 'Kusa' (Grass). Red Kawano seal at lower right within image. Title, edition number, and artist's name in lower margin. Usually has a 'Self-Carved Self-Printed' tag attached to the print's 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:
Title ON THE GRASS 1/100
Size 57.0×38.5cm(Image size)
Date C1950's |
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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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