Artist: Obata Chiura
Title: Storm, Lick Observatory
Date: 1930
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Saturday, 29 August 2009 Artist: Chiura Obata Title: Storm, Lick Observatory Print Type: Original Japanese Woodblock Print Series Title: World Landscape Edition No: First and only Date: 1930 Publisher: Takamizawa Color-Print Studio, Tokyo Size: 11 x 15-3/4 " (image); 13 x 18 " (paper) Condition: Very fine. Notes: The dome of the observatory can be seen in the background through the mist. Begun in 1928 when Obata visited Japan, the World Landscape Series took 18 months to complete. The project required the work of 32 block carvers and 40 printers with each print requiring from 100 to as many as 160 impressions in order to accurately replicate Obata's original watercolors. The folio consisted of 35 colored woodblock prints. All but one show California scenes, and 27 are views of Yosemite and the High Sierra. It is believed that 100 folios were sent to the artist. A number of print were not signed or sealed. Each print has the publishers name stamped on the reverse. The folder illustration shows the publisher's watermark, visible below the title slip. PRINTS BY OBATA IN FINE CONDITION, EXHIBITING FRESH COLORS, AS WITH THESE, ARE RARE.