$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.
The miracle of the loaves and fish — in which Christ feeds five thousand people with five loaves and two fish — is among the Gospels' most vivid demonstrations of abundance arising from apparent scarcity, and its date of 1967 places it in the productive middle period of Watanabe's career. His katazome rendering would deploy the warm earth tones of the mingei tradition to show the breaking and distribution of bread, the crowd's hunger transformed into the satisfaction of sharing. The miracle's communal dimension — the gathering and the shared meal — is central to his interpretation.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Christ of the Miracle of Loaves and Fish, Shôwa period, dated 1967 was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄).
Christ of the Miracle of Loaves and Fish, Shôwa period, dated 1967 depicts fish, religious, and animals.
