Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 119678

Saint George and the Dragon

Artist / 作者: Watanabe Sadao渡辺貞夫
Date / 年代: 1971
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
Digital record / 画像記録: 533 × 600 px
Source collection / 所蔵元: Japanese Art Open Database
Published by / 公開者: 森川ミドリ
Rights / 権利: No reusable image license documented
Attribution / 表記: Japanese Art Open Database

Catalog note / 解説

The religious theme and somewhat attenuated figures with medieval overtones of this color woodcut on hand made paper portraying a figure on horseback spearing a serpent is typical of the work of Japanese artist Sadao Watanabe (1913-1996). This work is known as "Saint George and the Dragon", signed and dated Sadao Watanabe 1971 lower right and numbered 51/70 lower left, measuring 22 x 26 inches (and 28 x 32 inches overall), unexamined out of frame, this work is on hand made paper and is in excellent condition. It is not laid down. It is nicely framed and ready to hang. It is in remarkably good condition since it came from a smoke-free environment in a hospital chapel without direct sunlight.…

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