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St. Francis Preaches to the Birds


Watanabe Sadao, St. Francis Preaches to the Birds, 1971, color stencil print on paper; katazome-hanga, The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection, © unknown, research required, 91.84.183

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Title

St. Francis Preaches to the Birds

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original language: フランチェスと小鳥

translated; variant: St. Francis and the Birds

transliterated: Furanchesu to kotori

Artist

Watanabe Sadao (Japanese, 1913–1996)

Date

1971

Period

Japan: Shōwa period (1926-1989)

Medium

color stencil print on paper; katazome-hanga

Edition

55/70

Catalogue Raisonné

Watanabe 1986, p. 135

Dimensions (H x W x D)

image: 21 3/16 in x 17 3/4 in; sheet: 26 1/4 in x 22 7/8 in

Inscriptions & Markings

inscription: St Francis & Birds G6487, graphite, verso Language: English Description: Former Gilkey collection inventory number

signature; date: SADAO WATANABE 1971, brushed in black ink, lower right

edition: 55/70, brushed in black ink, lower left

Collection Area

Asian Art; Graphic Arts

Category

Prints

Japanese Modern Prints

Object Type

stencil print

Culture

Japanese

Credit Line

The Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Graphic Arts Collection

Accession Number

91.84.183

Copyright

© unknown, research required

Terms

bird

mulberry paper

Saint Francis

Showa

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