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.

Author: Chiura Obata
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Yosemite Conservancy
Published: 09/01/1993
Pages: 156
Weight: 1.86lbs
Size: 9.99h x 10.03w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9780939666676
Language: English