Old Mountain Climber
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$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.
Old Mountain Climber—the experienced alpinist whose years of high-altitude experience had accumulated in the body's posture and movement—was a subject Azechi returned to repeatedly, fascinated by what long mountaineering did to a human being over time. The old climber moved differently than the young one, more economically, with the particular patience that came from knowing that the mountain would wait but the body would not. His simplified rendering captured this quality of earned movement.
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.
Old Mountain Climber was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Old Mountain Climber depicts landscapes and mountains.