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
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 — California
  • Landscape — mountain
  • Disaster — fire
  • Landscape — valley — Yosemite Valley
  • Landscape — river — Merced River
Object Number
2000.76.20
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2000.76.20

Works by this artist (19 items)

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(Famous Paintings, portfolio) The Coast of Florida
Artist
Not on view
Mary Nimmo Moran, My Neighbor's Home--Easthampton, 1883, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.122.53
My Neighbor’s Home – Easthampton
Artist
Date1883
etching on paper
Not on view
Mary Nimmo Moran, Old Lindens--Near Easthampton, 1885, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.122.63
Old Lindens – Near Easthampton
Artist
Date1885
etching on paper
Not on view
Mary Nimmo Moran, The Sea through the Woods, ca. 1880-1890, etching on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1973.122.65
The Sea through the Woods
Artist
Dateca. 1880-1890
etching on paper
Not on view

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.

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