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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Unknown, Face and Shell |
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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: | 33903 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
UP FOR AUCTION IS AN ESTATE SALE FIND OF A CONTEMPORARY WOODBLOCK DONE BY KAWANO KAORU. THIS APPEARS TO BE IN THE ORIGINAL FRAME. THE FRAME IS NOT IN GREAT SHAPE BUT THE PICTURE LOOKS TO BE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. I DID NOT WANT TO TAKE IT APART BECAUSE THE PRINT IS ENCASED IN THE FRAME. THE PICTURE OF THE BACK DOES NOT HAVE A DENT IN THE WOOD, IT IS JUST A REFLECTION CAUSED BY THE FLASH. IT MEASURES 14 1/2" X 8 3/4".
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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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