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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Doves and Girl — 鳩と少女 |
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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: | 36857 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
| Edition size of 50, so probably published early in Kawano's career. |
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| Notes (this edition)?: |
| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
This is a numbered limited edition 1/50 print by Kaoru Kawano called Doves + Girl. It is hand signed by Kawano on the black on the bottom in pencil. Please supersize to better see the signature in the pictures. It also has his red stamp over the signature. Under the picture in pencil is written 1/50 Doves + Girl Kaoru Kawano. This piece measures 18" x 24 3/4". It has never been displayed and is unframed. This is an original…not a reprint. The last picture is of the back of the picture so you can see that the color bled through to the back.
0/50 images from kary via email. |
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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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