Catalog record · 目録番号 126060

Before the Rain, Mono Lake

Artist / 作者: Obata Chiura小原千浦
Date / 年代: 1930
Medium / 技法: 浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / jaodb
Digital image / 画像: 600 × 426 px
Published by / 公開者: 星野アカリ

Catalog note / 解説

Saturday, 29 August 2009 Artist: Chiura Obata Title: Before the Rain, Mono Lake Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print Series Title: World Landscape Series Edition No: First, and only Date: 1930 Publisher: Takamizawa Color-Print Studio, Tokyo Reference No: Obata's Yosemite, p. 19 Size: 11 x 15-3/4 " (image); 13 x 18" (paper) Price: Sold Condition: Very fine. Notes: Obata comments, "Mono Lake shows a maidenly beauty when it is still and quiet. Trembling, the lake awaits the approaching rain, the clouds of which hoaver over the distant mountain ridges." Begun in 1928 when Obata visited Japan, the World Landscape Series took 18 months to complete. The project required the work of 32 blo…

Image record / 画像情報

JAODB · 1930 · jaodb

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