Biblical Prints- Reference book
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$500–$5,000. Common Biblical prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Watanabe's warm, folk-art Biblical prints have a devoted collector base. Larger formats and earlier works command more.
A reference book of Biblical prints — a publication documenting Watanabe's stencil print work — serves as a documentary work rather than an independent artwork in its own right. Such publications were important in establishing Watanabe's international reputation and in making his prints available to Christian communities worldwide who could not acquire the original stencil works. The book would have reproduced the bold colors and simplified forms of his katazome prints in a format suitable for wide distribution.
Kamakura Daibutsu
1930
Color woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
大仏
Woodblock print
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Biblical Prints- Reference book was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄).
Biblical Prints- Reference book depicts religious.
