El Capitan

Chiura Obata, El Capitan, n.d., watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2005.17.1, © 1989, Yuri Kodani
Chiura Obata, El Capitan, n.d., watercolor on paper, 15 1⁄2 x 11 in. (39.4 x 27.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2005.17.1, © 1989, Yuri Kodani

Artwork Details

Title
El Capitan
Artist
Date
n.d.
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
15 1⁄2 x 11 in. (39.4 x 27.9 cm)
Copyright
© 1989, Yuri Kodani
Credit Line
Gift of the Obata Family
Mediums Description
watercolor on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — California
  • Landscape — park — Yosemite National Park
  • Landscape — mountain — El Capitan
Object Number
2005.17.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2005.17.1

Works by this artist (1 item)

Edna Boies Hopkins, Garden Flowers, ca. 1915, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1980.77
Garden Flowers
Artist
Dateca. 1915
color woodcut 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.

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