Morning At Mono Lake

Chiura Obata, Tadeo Takamizawa, Morning At Mono Lake, 1930, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.2, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Chiura Obata, Tadeo Takamizawa, Morning At Mono Lake, 1930, color woodcut on paper, image: 1115 34 in. (27.939.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.2, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani

Artwork Details

Title
Morning At Mono Lake
Date
1930
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 1115 34 in. (27.939.9 cm)
Copyright
© 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Credit Line
Gift of the Obata Family
Mediums Description
color woodcut on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — lake — Mono Lake
  • Landscape — time — morning
  • Landscape — California
Object Number
2000.76.2

Works by this artist (1 item)

Christine Sun Kim, One Week of Lullabies for Roux, 2018, seven tracks, sound, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.79.1, © 2018 Christine Sun Kim. Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly, Los Angeles
One Week of Lullabies for Roux
Date2018
seven tracks, sound
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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Untitled (figure at Table, View of Legs)
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William Zorach, (Untitled--Child's Head), 1925, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift from the collection of the Zorach children, 1976.145.8
(Untitled – Child’s Head)
Date1925
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Michael Clark, Classic Series, 1970, pencil on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fendrick, 1980.131.3
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Date1970
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Date1981
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