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
Copied 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

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.