$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.
Ziel-Pickel—the German words for "target" and "ice axe," two terms from European alpine mountaineering terminology adopted into Japanese climbing culture—gives this print a specifically international flavor within Azechi's otherwise purely Japanese artistic context. The ice axe directed toward a target, whether a summit or a specific technical objective, captured the purposeful quality of technical climbing: the equipment as extension of the climber's will toward a defined end. The German title acknowledged the European origins of the alpine sport Japan had enthusiastically adopted.
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.
Ziel- Pickel was created by Umetaro Azechi (畦地梅太郎).
Ziel- Pickel depicts landscapes, figures, and mountains.