"They Left Their
Nets" (The Calling
of Peter and Andrew)

"They Left Their
Nets" (The Calling
of Peter and Andrew)

As Jesus was walking beside the sea of Galilee,
he saw two brothers, Simon, called Peter, and
his brother Andrew. They were casting a net
into the lake, for they were fishermen. "Come,
follow me," Jesus said, "and I will make you
fishers of men." At once they left their nets
and followed him. (Matthew 4:18-20)

White field. Heavy black outlying. Three 30cm
bearded figures stand side by side. Two on left
stand in a small green boat, left in black and
white with yellow around collar, right in red and
white horizontal stripes. Figure on far right is
slightly taller, stands on shore in robe with
green and white swooping stripes. He has a
yellow halo. Small floral discs are strewn about
the bottom of the print. The sky area is
transverse by parallel black wavy lines 1/5cm
apart. A large 32cm white disc is behind the
figures. The rest of the sky is blue. 22 fish
shapes are arranged near the edge of the disc.
They follow the curve, all facing in a counter
clockwise direction. (A woodcut on rice paper
depicting a biblical interpretation of Matthew
4:18-20, executed in the Katzome (stencil print)
manner. Two men are depicted in a boat with a
third figure representing Christ facing them.
The woodcut if mounted on mat board.)

Watanabe, Sadao
(1913 - 1996)
Japanese.

1970

Stencil print
created on
handmade
rice paper.
17/50

Mingei art, Print, Christian New Testament, Life of Christ

SEM 59

Print

68 x 59 cm,
27" x 23"