$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 fan is both a practical object and one of the most charged props in Japanese visual culture, associated with dance, ceremony, elegance, and the art of self-presentation. Kawano's Fan print may depict a figure holding or displaying the object, or the fan itself as an independent subject, its folded form filling the composition with geometric elegance. Either approach would be consistent with his tendency to find abstract beauty in objects with deep cultural resonance.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Fan was created by Kaoru Kawano (川野薫).
Fan depicts figures, still life, and fans.
