$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.
Brilliance from 1968 suggests a composition concerned with light at high altitude—the specific quality of mountain illumination that experienced climbers describe as qualitatively different from valley light, clearer and more intense because of the thinner atmosphere. Whether this refers to the brilliance of snowfields in direct sun, the luminosity of a sunset above the cloud line, or something more abstract in Azechi's always partly non-representational style, the title announces an emotional quality rather than a topographical subject.
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
Wakasa Kugushiko
1920
Color woodblock print; oban
Woodblock print
1934
Color woodblock print; oban
n.d.
Woodblock print; ishizuri-e, section of harimaze sheet
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Brilliance was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎) in 1968.
Brilliance depicts landscapes, mountains, and abstract.
Brilliance measures 18.4 × 14.3 cm.
