Mountain Climber, Shôwa period, dated 1952
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Harvard Art Museums
$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.
The Showa-period Mountain Climber from 1952 depicts Azechi's archetypal figure in what is likely one of the more formally resolved expressions of the type in his early mature work. By 1952 his bold, simplified style had achieved the confidence that would characterize the next four decades of his output: the figure solid and compact, the mountain environment reduced to essential forms, the color relationship between figure and ground expressing the emotional relationship between climber and mountain.
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n.d.
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Mountain Climber, Shôwa period, dated 1952 was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Mountain Climber, Shôwa period, dated 1952 depicts landscapes and mountains.