Artist: Azechi Umetaro
Title: Mountain Man with Pick
Date: 1954
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ORIGINAL WOODBLOCK BY UMETARO AZECHI(1902-1999) TITLE: SUBJECT IS OF A MOUNTAIN MAN WITH HIS PICK. POLYCHROME IMPRESSION. SIZE 12" x 17 1/2". PUBLISHED IN 1954, CARVED, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY THE ARTIST. EDITION 20 PRINTS OF WHICH THIS PRINT IS #1. SIGNED IN PENCIL AT THE BOTTOM 1954 1/20 U. AZCECHI WITH ARTIST SEAL AT RIGHT. CONDITION: FAIR TO GOOD, COLOR AND IMPRESSION VERY GOOD. NEVER LAID DOWN. WATER SPOT LOWER LEFT CORNER, SOILING, INK SMUDGES LOWER LEFT MARGIN, INK SMUDGES LOWER RIGHT MARGIN AND BOTTOM, TWO WATER SPOTS ABOVE HEAD AND TO THE RIGHT OF HEAD, NOT BAD BUT VISABLE, TWO TAP MARKS ON VERSO, LEFT AND RIGHT TOP, OTHERWISE BACK IS CLEAN, NO WATER BLED THROUGH BACK. THIS IS A NICE LOOKING PRINT, AND VERY LOW EDITION AND THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE WITH EDITON #1.