Merced River, Yosemite Valley

Chiura Obata, Merced River, Yosemite Valley, 1930, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.20, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Copied Chiura Obata, Merced River, Yosemite Valley, 1930, color woodcut on paper, image: 15 3⁄4 x 11 in. (39.9 x 27.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.20, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani

Artwork Details

Title
Merced River, Yosemite Valley
Artist
Printer
Date
1930
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 15 3⁄4 x 11 in. (39.9 x 27.8 cm)
Copyright
© 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Credit Line
Gift of the Obata Family
Mediums Description
color woodcut on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — river — Merced River
  • Landscape — valley — Yosemite Valley
  • Disaster — fire
  • Landscape — mountain
  • Landscape — California
Object Number
2000.76.20
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2000.76.20

Exhibitions

Media - 2000.76.7 - SAAM-2000.76.7_2 - 134714
Obata’s Yosemite
February 22, 2008–June 1, 2008
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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.