Mountain Climber with Head Turned to One Side
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- mfa
$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.
Mountain Climber with Head Turned to One Side—the figure arrested mid-movement, turning to look at something outside the composition's frame—captures the alertness that is the climber's constant condition. In the mountains, what lies just outside the current field of view is always potentially significant: a change in weather, a route decision, a companion in difficulty. The turned head suggests this watchfulness, the figure never wholly absorbed in any single direction but perpetually scanning.
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.
Mountain Climber with Head Turned to One Side was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Mountain Climber with Head Turned to One Side depicts landscapes and mountains.