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| Artist: | Kawano Kaoru (1916-1965) — 河野薫 |
| Title: | Nude 1 — ヌード (No. 1) |
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| Date of first edition?: | 1959 (circa) |
| 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: | 44892 |
| Notes (first edition)?: |
Nude (No. 1) (ヌード (No. 1))
Paper size: 34.2 x 61 cm. Edition of 200, self-printed in 1959. Print details in pencil in the bottom margin, signed and sealed inside the image (bottom right). Paper label “self-carved self-printed Kaoru Kawano” verso. |
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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:
Nude (No. 1) (ヌード (No. 1))
Paper size: 34.2 x 61 cm. Number 5 from an edition of 200, self-printed in 1959. Print details in pencil in the bottom margin, signed and sealed inside the image (bottom right). Paper label “self-carved self-printed Kaoru Kawano” verso.
Fine impression and colours, very 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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