Nativity '75
- Date:
- 1975
- Medium:
- Stencil print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 46.8 × 57 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
$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 1975, "Nativity '75" represents one of the later iterations of Watanabe's most revisited subject — the birth of Christ rendered in the katazome stencil technique with the accumulated richness of over a decade of practice since his earliest Nativity prints. By 1975, his handling of this scene would have developed in color, pattern, and compositional confidence. The dated title is unusual for Watanabe, suggesting he wanted to mark this particular version as a specific moment in his ongoing engagement with the Nativity's meaning and visual possibilities.
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大仏
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Nativity '75 was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄) in 1975.
Nativity '75 uses Stencil Print, on stencil print, ink and color on paper.
Nativity '75 depicts religious.
Nativity '75 measures 46.8 × 57 cm.
