Passing Rain

Chiura Obata, Passing Rain, 1930, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.12, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Chiura Obata, Passing Rain, 1930, color woodcut on paper, image: 10 7815 34 in. (27.739.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.12, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani

Artwork Details

Title
Passing Rain
Artist
Date
1930
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 10 7815 34 in. (27.739.9 cm)
Copyright
© 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Credit Line
Gift of the Obata Family
Mediums Description
color woodcut on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — California
  • Landscape — river
  • Landscape — rocks
  • Landscape — weather — rain
Object Number
2000.76.12

Works by this artist (162 items)

Chiura Obata, El Capitán, 1931, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.24, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
El Capitán
Date1931
color woodcut on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Regulations, 1943, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.72.3
Regulations
Date1943
watercolor on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Topaz, ca. 1942, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.72.5
Topaz
Dateca. 1942
pencil on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Mono Crater, 1928, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.72.6
Mono Crater
Date1928
watercolor on paper
Not on view

Exhibitions

Media - 2000.76.7 - SAAM-2000.76.7_2 - 134714
Obata’s Yosemite
February 22, 2008June 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.

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