Disciples of Christ at the Sea of Tiberias

Object Details

• Artist

  Watanabe Sadao 渡辺禎雄 (1913-1996)

• Edition/State

  12/50

• Label

  Watanabe Sadao, a Christian, studied with Yanagi Soetsu, founder of the "folk art" movement, and the textile artist Serizawa Keisuke, who used stencil techniques for textile design. Watanabe's prints all are based on Old and New Testament biblical stories. His technique uses opaque pigments applied to paper that has been deliberately wrinkled.

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Norman and Carolyn K. Carr

• Type

  Print

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1960s

• Name

  Watanabe, Sadao

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Showa era (1926 - 1989), Japanese Art

• Culture

  Christians, Japanese

• Object Type

  Prints