A Boy And His Dog
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$500–$5,000. Common mountain prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Azechi's cheerful mountain prints have consistent demand. Larger and more complex compositions are most valued.
A boy and his dog—universal companionship of childhood rendered in Azechi's warm, folk-art-inflected style—shows the two small figures in the proximity that defines loyalty between a child and his animal. In the mountain village context of much of Azechi's work, the working dog was a practical companion on the slopes; for a child, the same animal became something more purely affectionate. His simplified rendering gives both figures the rounded solidity of carved wooden folk toys, the relationship of boy and dog expressed through the easy geometry of their shared proximity.
1944 (printed c. 1950 from recut block?)
Color woodblock print; oban
1944 (printed c. 1950 from recut block?)
Color woodblock print; oban
1945
Color woodblock print
1961
Color woodblock print; edition 10/100
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
A Boy And His Dog was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
A Boy And His Dog depicts children and animals.
