Three Fishermen
- 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.
Three fishermen — likely disciples drawn from their boats by Jesus' call, or workers at their ordinary labor on the Galilean sea — give Watanabe a subject that combines the communal solidarity of working men with the specific cultural context of the Gospel narratives. The three figures together create a stronger visual mass than a single fisherman, and the repetition of their similar postures and equipment gives the composition its characteristic mingei rhythm: the same basic form varied three times, creating both unity and individual presence.
Hebizukai
1932
Color woodblock print; oban
1935
Color woodblock print; oban
1964
Acrylic paint and oil pastel with oiled charcoal and ink over an ink and graphite underdrawing on paper
1964
Color lithograph with relief block and hand coloring; edition 35/36
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Three Fishermen was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄).
Three Fishermen uses Stencil Print, on woodblock print.
Three Fishermen depicts animals.
