Upper Lyell Fork, near Lyell Glacier

Chiura Obata, Upper Lyell Fork, near Lyell Glacier, 1930, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.5, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Chiura Obata, Upper Lyell Fork, near Lyell Glacier, 1930, color woodcut on paper, image: 15 3411 in. (39.927.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.5, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani

Artwork Details

Title
Upper Lyell Fork, near Lyell Glacier
Artist
Date
1930
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 15 3411 in. (39.927.9 cm)
Copyright
© 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Credit Line
Gift of the Obata Family
Mediums Description
color woodcut on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — tree
  • Landscape — California
  • Landscape — river
  • Landscape — mountain
  • Landscape — park — Yosemite National Park
Object Number
2000.76.5

Works by this artist (17 items)

Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Incidents of the War: A Harvest of Death, 1863, albumen silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Julia D. Strong Endowment, 2007.4.1
Incidents of the War: A Harvest of Death
Date1863
albumen silver print
Not on view
Timothy H. O'Sullivan, Incidents of the War: Interior of Breastworks on Round Top, Gettysburg, 1863, albumen silver print, printed by Alexander Gardner, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Paula and Mack Lee, 2007.3
Incidents of the War: Interior of Breastworks on Round Top,…
Date1863
albumen silver print, printed by Alexander Gardner
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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