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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Dream |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| 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: | 33325 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Kawano Kaoru, Japanese 1916-1965
DESCRIPTION
This wonderful Japanese Woodblock Print comes from the Estate of an 84 year old doctor. Kawano Kaoru is best known for his abstract textured images of children. This print is of A Girl with Flowers. It’s a very good impression with mica highlights on the background and silver highlights on the girl, and is probably circa 1950’s.
DETAILS
TITLE – Unknown A Girl with Flowers
MEDIUM – Woodblock print in colors on paper with deckled edges.
PENCIL- SIGNED – lower right, Kawano Kaoru
UNFRAMED - Sheet size: 16 ¾” x 11 ¼”
Image size: 14 ¾” x 9 ¼”
CONDITION
Very Good. Crisp colors and very good impression. No tears, creases, foxing or folds. Some old tape residue on the verso,
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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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