Old Man in a Mountain Hut
- Date:
- 1953
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 59.7 × 42.1 cm
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Minneapolis Institute of Art
$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 1953 Old Man in a Mountain Hut captures one of Azechi's most emblematic figures: the elderly climber or hermit who has made the mountain world his permanent home rather than visiting it seasonally. The old man in the hut—weathered, settled, surrounded by the minimal equipment of sustained mountain living—represented a kind of achieved relationship to the high places, a human who had found in the mountains not challenge but habitat. His bold simplified rendering gave the figure the dignity of long experience.
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Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Old Man in a Mountain Hut was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎) in 1953.
Old Man in a Mountain Hut depicts landscapes and mountains.
Old Man in a Mountain Hut measures 59.7 × 42.1 cm.