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The Bronze Serpent (Laborers in the Vineyard)
by Watanabe Sadao

Original caretaker of this artwork: Ross Walker Collection (Ohmi Gallery)

	Artist:	Watanabe Sadao
	Title:	The Bronze Serpent (Laborers in the Vineyard)
	Series:
	Date of first edition?:	1958
	Publisher (first edition)?:	Self
	Publisher (this edition)?:	Self
	Medium (first edition):	Stencil
	Medium (this edition):	Stencil
	Format (first edition):	Huge
	Format (this edition):	Huge
	DB artwork code:	43586
	Notes (first edition)?:	104 x 58cm (sheet size) This is a very rare print, being one of Watanabe's earliest works (1958) and in his largest format at over one metre in width. It was awarded first place at the Modern Japanese Print Exhibition held in New York City in 1958, and is titled "The Bronze Serpent in: (1) "Biblical Prints by Sadao Watanabe", by Sadao Watanabe and Masao Takenaka, Shinkyo Shuppansha, 1986, plate 3, and (2) "Printing the Word: the art of Sadao Watanabe" by Anne H. Pyle, American Bible Society, 2000, plate 7. This print is a colour stencil on hand-crumpled "Momigami" paper. Artist signature, date, and edition number at lower right.
	Notes (this edition)?:	The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies: Limited Edition 47/50. Condition: patchy remnants of previous mount along the very edges of the verso of the print, which do not affect the front.