Gift of William E. Ward in memory of his wife, Evelyn Svec Ward
Catalogue
- Year
- 1978
- Medium
- woodcut
- Dimensions
- Image: 11.6 x 15.9 cm (4 9/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Artist
- Sadao Watanabe
Artist
Printmaking
Sadao Watanabe was a Japanese printmaker and ceramicist known for his bold woodblock prints and stoneware vessels produced in the postwar period. Working primarily in traditional Japanese media, he developed a distinctive vocabulary of geometric and organic forms that referenced both folk craft aesthetics and modernist abstraction. His practice bridged artisanal technique and contemporary visual language.
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Record
Verified by WattsOS- Artist
- Sadao Watanabe
- Year
- 1978
- Medium
- woodcut
- Dimensions
- Image: 11.6 x 15.9 cm (4 9/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1978-157001
Source
- Collection
- Cleveland Museum of Art
- Source
- cleveland
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified