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Watanabe Sadao
St. Francis and the Birds1985

Not on view
Color woodblock print with thick black outlines; abstracted robed figure and cluster of small spotted birds, filled with flat areas of blue, yellow, and coral red
Artist or Maker
Watanabe Sadao
Japan, 1913-1996
Title
St. Francis and the Birds
Date Made
1985
Period
Shōwa period (1926-1989)
Medium
Color stencil print on washi paper
Dimensions
Image: 8 3/8 x 7 in. (21.27 x 17.78 cm); Sheet: 13 x 8 7/8 in. (33.02 x 22.54 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Lilly Tsukahira
Accession Number
M.2011.137.32
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Japanese Art
Selected Bibliography

  • Blondet, José Luis. Six Scripts for Not I: Throwing Voices (1500 BCE-2020 CE). Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2020.