$500–$4,000. Common subjects: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Kawano's early death at 49 limits her output. Her dreamlike figure prints are most sought after.
The [oban](/glossary/oban)-format Dream gives full vertical space to Kawano's exploration of the dreaming figure, allowing the composition to breathe with a spaciousness that the smaller formats could not achieve. A female figure appears lost in interior reverie, her physical form and the dreamscape she inhabits interpenetrating in a way that reflects both Buddhist ideas about the illusory nature of consciousness and the Western surrealist influence that touched some [sosaku-hanga](/glossary/sosaku-hanga) artists in this period.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Dream- oban was created by Kaoru Kawano (川野薫).
Dream- oban depicts figures, bijin-ga, and abstract.
