JESUS BIRTH IN A STABLE
- 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.
The birth of Jesus in a stable — the nativity scene of Luke's Gospel, with Mary, Joseph, the infant in a manger, the oxen and donkey, the shepherds arriving from nearby fields — is rendered by Watanabe in the humble visual language of Japanese folk craft. The stable's earthen materials and working-animal presence are translated into the bold, warm tones of his katazome palette; the holy family is given the same unpretentious visual dignity as the farmers and fishermen of the mingei tradition. The poverty of the setting becomes a theological affirmation.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
JESUS BIRTH IN A STABLE was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄).
JESUS BIRTH IN A STABLE uses Stencil Print, on woodblock print.
