Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Upper Lyell Fork, Near Lyell Glacier
ArtistChiura Obata(1885-1975)
Dateca. 1930
MediumColor woodcut
Dimensions15 3/4 x 11 in. (40 x 27.9 cm)
Signedl.l., in black paint.: Chiura Obata
l.l., in red ink: [stamp]
Mark(s)verso, l.r.c., imprinted in black ink: No.
verso, l.r.c., imprinted in black ink: Made and Printed in Japan at Takamizawa Color-Print Studio
Inscription(s)l.l.c., in pencil: #6
verso, l.l.c., in pencil: 28
verso, l.l.c., in pencil: RR
verso, l.r.c., in pencil: c.1927.1.5
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2023.34
ClassificationPrint
ProvenanceArtist; by descent to Haruko Obata (Artist’s wife) [1892–1989], Berkeley, CA, 1975; by descent to Lillian Yuri Kodani (Artist’s daughter) [1927–2018], Oakland, CA, 1989; by descent to Mia Kodani Brill (Artist’s grandchild), Oakland, CA, Kimi Kodani Hill (Artist’s grandchild), Berkeley, CA, and Kei Kodani (Artist’s grandchild), Piedmont, CA, (owned jointly), 2018; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2023
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 24× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.