Before Thunderstorm, Tuolumne Meadows

Chiura Obata, Before Thunderstorm, Tuolumne Meadows, 1930, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.7, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Chiura Obata, Before Thunderstorm, Tuolumne Meadows, 1930, color woodcut on paper, image: 1115 58 in. (27.939.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.7, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani

Artwork Details

Title
Before Thunderstorm, Tuolumne Meadows
Artist
Date
1930
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 1115 58 in. (27.939.8 cm)
Copyright
© 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Credit Line
Gift of the Obata Family
Mediums Description
color woodcut on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — park — Yosemite National Park
  • Landscape — forest
  • Landscape — bird’s eye view
  • Landscape — weather — storm
  • Landscape — mountain
  • Landscape — river
  • Landscape — river
  • Landscape — California
Object Number
2000.76.7

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, Untitled (Magnolia in a Blue Round Vase), ca.1930s, ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.74
Untitled (Magnolia in a Blue Round Vase)
Dateca.1930s
ink on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Landslide, 1941, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.72.2
Landslide
Date1941
watercolor on paper
Not on view
Chiura Obata, Dusk: East Bay Bridge, 1945, ink on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2020.73
Dusk: East Bay Bridge
Date1945
ink 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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