The Flight into Egypt Sadao Watanabe Color stencil print on hand made paper. Signed and dated 1970 at lower right. Numbered 12/50 at lower left. Sadao Watanabe, (1913-1996) was a Japanese artist best known for his prints that meld biblical imagery with the traditional Japanese folk art known as mingei. Watanabe's work portrays the Christian gospel with a distinctive use of crumpled wet paper mixed with mineral pigments suspended in soy milk, known as katazome. Wood Frame measures: 36 x 39.5 x 1" Unframed measures: 23 x 27"