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Chiura Obata
TOPAZ MOUNTAINS1943

Not on view
Horizontal landscape painting, indigo mountain silhouette against a peach and lavender sky, reflected in a still, misty expanse below, dated 1949
Artist or Maker
Chiura Obata
Japan, 1885-1975, active United States
Title
TOPAZ MOUNTAINS
Date Made
1943
Medium
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Mat: 18 × 24 in. (45.72 × 60.96 cm) Sheet: 10 5/16 × 15 7/16 in. (26.19 × 39.21 cm) Image: 10 5/16 × 15 7/16 in. (26.19 × 39.21 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata
Accession Number
M.2023.171.1
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Copyright
© Chiura Obata Estate, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Jonathan Urban