安井曽太郎
秋の城山（下絵）
1955（昭和30）年 色鉛筆･紙（パネル張り）25.3×35.4cm
Sotaro Yasui
Shiroyama in Autumn (Sketch)
1955 (Showa 30), Colored pencil on paper (mounted on panel), 25.3 × 35.4 cm
湯河原の自宅兼アトリエから城山を望む《緑の風景》を描いた同年12月初め、安井は風邪をこじらせ気管支性肺炎を患いました。しかし、自らが会長を務める日本美術家連盟の｢年末たすけあい展｣に出品するため、体調不良を押して《秋の城山》（1955年、京都国立近代美術館蔵）の制作にあたります。それがたたって数日後の12月14日には帰らぬ人となりました。山々が黄に色づいた《秋の城山（下絵）》（1955年）は、絶筆制作の際に手掛けられたものと考えられます。
In early December of the same year he painted "Green Landscape" from his home and studio in Yugawara, Yasui caught a cold that developed into bronchial pneumonia. Despite his poor health, he pushed himself to create "Shiroyama in Autumn" (1955, Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art) to exhibit at the "Year-End Mutual Aid Exhibition" of the Japan Federation of Art, where he served as president. This effort took a toll on him, and he passed away a few days later on December 14. "Shiroyama in Autumn (Sketch)" (1955), with its yellow-tinted mountains, is believed to have been created during his final work.