Before Thunderstorm, Tuolumne Meadows

Chiura Obata, Before Thunderstorm, Tuolumne Meadows, 1930, color woodcut on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.7, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Copied Chiura Obata, Before Thunderstorm, Tuolumne Meadows, 1930, color woodcut on paper, image: 11 x 15 5⁄8 in. (27.9 x 39.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Obata Family, 2000.76.7, © 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani

Artwork Details

Title
Before Thunderstorm, Tuolumne Meadows
Artist
Printer
Date
1930
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
image: 11 x 15 5⁄8 in. (27.9 x 39.8 cm)
Copyright
© 1989, Lillian Yuri Kodani
Credit Line
Gift of the Obata Family
Mediums Description
color woodcut on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Landscape — bird’s eye view
  • Landscape — forest
  • Landscape — park — Yosemite National Park
  • Landscape — California
  • Landscape — river
  • Landscape — river
  • Landscape — mountain
  • Landscape — weather — storm
Object Number
2000.76.7
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2000.76.7

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.