Mary and Elisabeth
- Date:
- 1968
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on textured paper
- Dimensions:
- 66 × 55.3 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
$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.
Dated 1968, Mary and Elisabeth — the visitation scene from Luke's Gospel, when the pregnant Mary visits her older cousin Elisabeth who is carrying John the Baptist — is one of Scripture's most intimate meetings of expectation and fulfillment. Two women, each bearing a child of extraordinary destiny, greet each other; Elisabeth's child leaps in her womb at Mary's arrival. Watanabe's katazome rendering of this women-centered, pre-natal scene gives the two figures the same visual solidity and dignity as his male disciples and prophets.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Mary and Elisabeth was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄) in 1968.
Mary and Elisabeth uses Stencil Print, on woodblock print, ink and color on textured paper.
Mary and Elisabeth measures 66 × 55.3 cm.
