People Visiting Stable
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- mfa
$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.
People visiting the stable — the shepherds, and perhaps the Magi, arriving at the place of the nativity to see the child — present Watanabe with the communal dimension of the Christmas story. The gathering of disparate figures — poor shepherds from the nearby fields, learned travelers from distant lands — around the modest manger creates one of the Christian story's most egalitarian images, and Watanabe's mingei aesthetic, which honors the ordinary alongside the significant, is perfectly suited to render this gathering without hierarchy. All who come are equal before the child.
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
People Visiting Stable was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄).
People Visiting Stable uses Stencil Print, on woodblock print.
People Visiting Stable depicts figures.
