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Collections

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

Watanabe Sadao, St. Francis and the Birds, 1985, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Lilly Tsukahira, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

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.

Copyright
© Watanabe Sadao