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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) |
| 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: | 38809 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Friday, 8 December 2006
This is a beautiful original woodblock print by noted sosaku hanga printmaker Kawano Kaoru. It is in very nice condition, with the typical minor creasing that is common to his prints. Measures about 22 x 9 1/2 inches plus full margins. Beautiful woodgrain, and liberal use of mica, giving the print a shimmery quality when illuminated. I keep finding Kawano prints I have never seen before, and this is one of the nicest yet. Pencil signed and numbered 78/300. Has paper tag affixed to the reverse side of the print, stating that the print is self-carved and self-printed by the artist. |
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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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