![Title unknown [Figure] by Umetaro Azechi — Japanese Woodblock print, ink and color on paper, 1950](https://1.api.artsmia.org/800/135953.jpg)
Title unknown [Figure]
- Date:
- 1950
- Medium:
- Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
- Dimensions:
- 75.4 × 51.1 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 1950 Title Unknown Figure—a figure print without a recorded title—shows Azechi in his early mature period producing a figure composition that collection records lost the context for. The simplified human form, likely a mountain man or village figure given the period and Azechi's consistent preoccupations, stands in woodblock on paper with the bold directness of his emerging style. Even without a title the work's formal qualities situate it clearly within his developing visual language.
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
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Title unknown [Figure] was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎) in 1950.
Title unknown [Figure] depicts figures.
Title unknown [Figure] measures 75.4 × 51.1 cm.
