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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | My Pet Horse — 馬 |
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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): | Oban
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| Format (this edition): | Oban |
| DB artwork code: | 40943 |
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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, 1 October 2007
Offering an outstanding woodblock print by the renowned Japanese modern artist, Kaoru Kawano,1916-1965. The print is titled, My Pet Horse, and is numbered 147/300.The horse and its rider (which appears to be a little girl), are a very distinct dark black, with a gray textured background. There is a shadow on the left side on the mat which is from my camera and not on the mat. I believe this dates to the 1950's. It is numbered in the lower left corner, titled in the center, and signed on the bottom right corner, all in pencil. It is in excellent condition, no foxing, no staining. The image measures 13" by 10 1/4" and the framed size is 19" by 16 3/4". On the back is the stamp, on rice paper, by the artist stating; self-carved self printed Kaoru Kawano. The frame is wood, in good condition. |
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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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