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Untitled (landscape with lantern), c 1943
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

Untitled (landscape with lantern), c 1943

Maker (1885 - 1975)
Date1943
Mediumwatercolor, paper, wood, glass, metal
DimensionsH: 12 1/2 in, W: 18 in, Frame: 19 1/2 x 24.25 x 1 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of James T. Yamakoshi
Object number94.29.4
DescriptionWatercolor painting of landscape - building on left side, mountains, sky in background, bare tree and branches on right side, shrubbery, and Japanese stone lantern in middle section, foreground of light colored "sand." Colors are light purple, red, blue, green, brown and black. Japanese character signature "Chiura" and "tame Yamakoshi kun" -- indicating created by Chiura Obata and "for Yamakoshi kun" (meaning James Yamakoshi, the donor, a young man at the time), and red stamp at BLC. Cream colored mat surrounds the painting.


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