Obata's Yosemite: Art and Letters of Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927
Chiura Obata, a gifted Japanese-born artist from California, made his first trip to Yosemite in 1927. The trip left a lasting impression in a remarkable collection of sketches, postcards, and letters. This volume includes 80 full-color reproductions of Obata’s pencil sketches, watercolor paintings, and day-by-day narratives woven through his correspondences. Named one of the “Best Fifty books of 1993? by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the book is a unique and beautiful presentation of personal artistic experience.
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Obata's Yosemite: Art and Letters of Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927
Chiura Obata, a gifted Japanese-born artist from California, made his first trip to Yosemite in 1927. The trip left a lasting impression in a remarkable collection of sketches, postcards, and letters. This volume includes 80 full-color reproductions of Obata’s pencil sketches, watercolor paintings, and day-by-day narratives woven through his correspondences. Named one of the “Best Fifty books of 1993? by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the book is a unique and beautiful presentation of personal artistic experience.
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Obata's Yosemite: Art and Letters of Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927

Obata's Yosemite: Art and Letters of Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927

Obata's Yosemite: Art and Letters of Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927

Obata's Yosemite: Art and Letters of Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927

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Chiura Obata, a gifted Japanese-born artist from California, made his first trip to Yosemite in 1927. The trip left a lasting impression in a remarkable collection of sketches, postcards, and letters. This volume includes 80 full-color reproductions of Obata’s pencil sketches, watercolor paintings, and day-by-day narratives woven through his correspondences. Named one of the “Best Fifty books of 1993? by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the book is a unique and beautiful presentation of personal artistic experience.

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ISBN-13: 9780939666676
Publisher: Yosemite Conservancy
Publication date: 09/01/1993
Pages: 156
Product dimensions: 9.75(w) x 9.75(h) x (d)
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