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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Dancing Figure- Taki- LE |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1950 (in the decade of) |
| Date of this artwork?: | 1950s/60s (may not be accurate) |
| 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: | 38808 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Monday, 9 January 2006
Dear Sir:
I am interested in SELLING this to you. It is a print by Kaoru Kawano 34/300 pencil signed by the artist, both at the bottom frame and under her dress. Dancing Figure (Taki). Its in excellent condition (in my opinion) and was owned by my father since 1980 and hung in a place without direct light. It is framed and there is only a couple of slight waves on the left side near her head, but doesn't have any fading or rips.The item measures approx. 25" vertically and approx. 9.5" width. Vibrant colors.
Let me know if you are interested.
Thank you. |
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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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