Drawing for Old Man from the Mountain Hut
- Date:
- 1953
- Medium:
- Pencil and oil pastel on paper
- Source:
- Art Institute of Chicago
$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.
This preparatory drawing in pencil and oil pastel reveals Azechi's creative process before a print went to the carved block—the rough, gestural marks of the old mountain man's figure worked out in the immediacy of drawing before the decisive commitment of woodblock carving. The old hermit of the mountain hut was one of Azechi's archetypal figures: a man who had found in the mountains' isolation something the valley world could not offer, his lined face a record of seasons endured at altitude. The drawing's informality catches a quality of rough tenderness that the finished print would crystallize.
1944 (printed c. 1950 from recut block?)
Color woodblock print; oban
1944 (printed c. 1950 from recut block?)
Color woodblock print; oban
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Drawing for Old Man from the Mountain Hut was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎) in 1953.
Drawing for Old Man from the Mountain Hut depicts landscapes and mountains.