Mono Crater

Chiura Obata, Mono Crater, 1930, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.9, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Chiura Obata, Mono Crater, 1930, color woodcut on paper, image: 11 x 15 5⁄8 in. (27.8 x 39.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.9, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani

Artwork Details

Title
Mono Crater
Artist
Printer
Date
1930
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 11 x 15 5⁄8 in. (27.8 x 39.8 cm)
Copyright
© 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Credit Line
Gift of the Obata Family
Mediums Description
color woodcut on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — California
  • Landscape — phenomenon
  • Landscape — phenomenon — volcano
  • Landscape — lake — Mono Lake
Object Number
2000.76.9
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2000.76.9

Works by this artist (7 items)

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National Air and Space Museum
Artist
Date1976
11-color screenprint
Not on view
Image Not Available
National Air and Space Museum
Artist
Date1976
4-color screenprint
Not on view
Lowell Nesbitt, Iris from the Flower Series, 1971, color lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ruth and Jacob Kainen, 1989.77.10
Iris from the Flower Series
Artist
Date1971
color lithograph on paper
Not on view
Lowell Nesbitt, Skull, 1964, color lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Chuck and Jan Rosenak, 1982.114.1
Skull
Artist
Date1964
color lithograph 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.