Shepherdesses Looking at Stars
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- mfa
Typical Price
$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.
Description
Shepherdesses looking at stars — women tending flocks and gazing upward at the night sky, their attention drawn by the astronomical event that announces the birth of Christ — gives Watanabe an opportunity to render both the immensity of the night sky and the upward-turned faces of the watchers below. The katazome stencil technique's handling of the sky — bold blues and blacks broken by the light of the star — creates a dramatic contrast with the warm earth tones of the figures and flock below. The women's upward gaze moves the viewer's attention from earth to heaven.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Shepherdesses Looking at Stars was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄).
Shepherdesses Looking at Stars uses Stencil Print, on woodblock print.