Moses smiting the Rock at Meribah- Exodus 17 3-6
- 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.
Moses striking water from the rock at Meribah (Exodus 17:3–6) — the moment when the thirsty Israelites' complaint moves God to instruct Moses to strike the rock with his staff, bringing water from the stone — is a wilderness miracle in which the ordinary material world becomes a vessel of divine provision. Watanabe's katazome rendering of the scene would place Moses' raised staff at the composition's center, the gathered crowd visible behind him, the rock and the emerging water rendered in the bold, simplified forms of his stencil technique.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Moses smiting the Rock at Meribah- Exodus 17 3-6 was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄).
Moses smiting the Rock at Meribah- Exodus 17 3-6 uses Stencil Print, on woodblock print.
