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

Landauer, Susan, Driesbach, Janice T., Obata, Chiura

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.

EAN

9780939666676

Publisher

Yosemite Conservancy

Published

14 October 1993

Pages

156