Laborers in the Vineyard
- 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 parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard — in which the landowner pays all workers the same wage regardless of how many hours each has worked, and responds to the early workers' protests with "Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?" — is one of Jesus' most provocative stories about the economy of grace. Watanabe's katazome rendering of this parable depicts the workers, the vineyard, and the moment of payment in the direct, non-judgmental visual language of the mingei tradition: the parable's challenge carried by the situation itself.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Laborers in the Vineyard was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄).
Laborers in the Vineyard uses Stencil Print, on woodblock print.
