$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 father and his son—the transmission of something from one generation to the next, perhaps mountaineering craft or simply the wordless understanding of shared terrain—appears in Azechi's work as one of his fundamental relational subjects. His simplified figures depict the pair in a posture that contains both the generation gap and the bond: the larger form and the smaller form, both built from the same visual language, bound by proximity and whatever invisible knowledge passes between them in the mountain world he loved.
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 Father And His Son was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
A Father And His Son depicts figures, daily life, and mountains.
