UMETARO AZECHI Color Woodblock Print on Paper, Rescued Bird and Book art nouveau Signed (in pencil on reverse):

Signed (in pencil on reverse): Wally Strautin / 55 E 8th St

The piece terminates on a quadriform base with intricate acanthus leaf carving

This piece is special for the myriad round crystals of varied sizes

Possibly says F

D'Auvergne and (lower left) No

UMETARO AZECHI Color Woodblock Print on Paper, Rescued Bird and Book art nouveau Signed (in pencil on reverse):DETAILS A vintage Japanese woodblock of a mountaineer with a staff holding a bird. Matted and framed. Open edition. Together with 1st edition vintage book: Michiaki Kawakita, Contemporary Japanese Prints, 1967. MAKER Umetaro Azechi (Japanese, 1902 99) Author: Michiaki Kawakita (Japanese, 1914 95) MARKS Signed pencil (lower right): U. Azechi. DATE Circa 1958 DIMENSIONS (1) Width 16. 25 Depth 1 Height 20. 25 inches Sight: Width 10. 75 Height 16 inches