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

Publisher: Yosemite Conservancy
September 1 1993
EAN: 9780939666676
ISBN: 0939666677
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Synopsis: 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.