Chiura Obata, El Capitan, n.d., watercolor on paper, 15 1⁄2 x 11 in. (39.4 x 27.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2005.17.1, © 1989, Yuri Kodani
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Artwork Details
- Title
- El Capitan
- Artist
- Date
- n.d.
- Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 15 1⁄2 x 11 in. (39.4 x 27.9 cm)
- Copyright
- © 1989, Yuri Kodani
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Obata Family
- Mediums Description
- watercolor on paper
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Landscape — California
- Landscape — park — Yosemite National Park
- Landscape — mountain — El Capitan
- Object Number
- 2005.17.1
Works by this artist (2 items)
Exhibitions
February 22, 2008–June 1, 2008
Between 1928 and 1930, while Obata was in Tokyo, he transformed these California landscape watercolors and sketches into a limited-edition portfolio titled World Landscape Series.