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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Sacred Crane- B — 丹頂鶴 （B） |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1955 (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: | 37174 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Title: Sacred Crane (B)
large print. limited edition - hand signed
Artist: Kaoru Kawano 1916-1965
Description: "Sacred Crane - B". Interesting wood grain patterns on the crane.
Signature: Signed "Kaoru Kawano" in pencil on lower right part of image and on the lower margin.
Seal: Artist's seal (kaoru).
Dated: Ca. 1950's.
Medium/Technique: Woodblock print.
Width Item: 18.1 inches = 46.0 cm
Height Item: 24.0 inches = 61.0 cm
丹頂鶴 （B）
Detail（詳細）：60.5×45.5cm
：ed 200
：Self printed (自摺シール) |
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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:
2004/12/24
A wonderful Japanese vintage woodblock print. It is by Kaoru Kawano. Signed in image under red seal by the artist. Numbered 56/200. Titled "Sacred Crane" (B). Number, Title, name snd number in pencil on bottom margin. On the reverse is a Self-Printed , Self-Carved Kaoru Kawano label with seal. Good margins. There are two very small holes which I photographed. They are very small and difficult to see and are on the rt. Side in the dark area near the side margin. Small puncture on blank rt. Margin approx. 1/2 way up. Margins have some lite foxing. There are two pieces of masking tape on back top and bottom borders (approx. 6" and 4").Please see photos. Image is brite, impressive very striking. Approx. size of sheet 24" x 18".
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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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