AZECHI UMETARO (b. 1902)
Yarigatake
Kodomo (Child)
Yamagoya no rojin (Old man in a mountain cabin)
Shiroi zo (Figure in white)
Shiroi zo (Figure in white)
Yamaotoko (Mountain guide "A")
Mura no otoko (Villager)
Akai boshi (Red hat)
Pikkeru motsu otoko (Man holding a pick-axe)
Woodcut, each signed in pencil in Roman letters U. Azechi and sealed U, dated in pencil and titled in pencil as above on verso, the first dated -52, numbered 23/50, 16 x 12in. (42.6 x 31.8cm.); the second signed in pencil in Roman script U. Azechi and with printed signature in Japanese Azechi Umetaro and with stamped signature in Roman print Azechi, n.d. [circa 1945], 9.1/8 x 6.5/8in. (23.2 x 16.8cm.); the third dated -53, numbered 14/30, 22.1/8 x 16in. (56.2 x 40.8cm.); the fourth dated -63, unnumbered, 11 x 7in. (29.8 x 17.8cm.); the fifth dated -58, numbered 10/20, 30.3/8 x 20.3/8in. (77.2 x 51.8cm.); the sixth dated 1953 numbered 10/50, 17 x 12.3/8in. (43.8 x 31.4cm.); the seventh dated 1954 and numbered 8/50, 17 x 12.3/8in. (43.2 x 31.4cm.); the eighth dated -63, 9.7/8 x 7.1/8in. (25.1 x 18.1cm); the ninth dated -63, 9.5/8 x 7in. (24.4 x 17.8cm.), slight tape stains (9)
AZECHI UMETARO (b. 1902)
Yarigatake
Kodomo (Child)
Yamagoya no rojin (Old man in a mountain cabin)
Shiroi zo (Figure in white)
Shiroi zo (Figure in white)
Yamaotoko (Mountain guide "A")
Mura no otoko (Villager)
Akai boshi (Red hat)
Pikkeru motsu otoko (Man holding a pick-axe)
Woodcut, each signed in pencil in Roman letters U. Azechi and sealed U, dated in pencil and titled in pencil as above on verso, the first dated -52, numbered 23/50, 16 x 12in. (42.6 x 31.8cm.); the second signed in pencil in Roman script U. Azechi and with printed signature in Japanese Azechi Umetaro and with stamped signature in Roman print Azechi, n.d. [circa 1945], 9.1/8 x 6.5/8in. (23.2 x 16.8cm.); the third dated -53, numbered 14/30, 22.1/8 x 16in. (56.2 x 40.8cm.); the fourth dated -63, unnumbered, 11 x 7in. (29.8 x 17.8cm.); the fifth dated -58, numbered 10/20, 30.3/8 x 20.3/8in. (77.2 x 51.8cm.); the sixth dated 1953 numbered 10/50, 17 x 12.3/8in. (43.8 x 31.4cm.); the seventh dated 1954 and numbered 8/50, 17 x 12.3/8in. (43.2 x 31.4cm.); the eighth dated -63, 9.7/8 x 7.1/8in. (25.1 x 18.1cm); the ninth dated -63, 9.5/8 x 7in. (24.4 x 17.8cm.), slight tape stains (9)
