$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.
"Little Things" — an unusual title that may refer to a parable about small but significant acts of faith, or to the value of the humble and overlooked in the Kingdom of God — reflects Watanabe's interest in the ethical dimensions of Christian teaching as much as its narrative drama. The katazome stencil technique, associated with the Japanese folk-craft tradition's celebration of ordinary things well made, is particularly suited to a subject that honors what is small and undervalued. The print is likely a thematically meditative rather than narratively specific work.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Little Things was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄).
Little Things uses Stencil Print, on woodblock print.
