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Painter:
Obata, Chiura 1885-1975  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on silk
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco M. H. de Young Memorial Museum Golden Gate Park San Francisco California 94118 Accession Number: 2000.71.2
Date:
1912-1928
Notes:
Burgard, Timothy Anglin, ed., "Masterworks of American Painting at the de Young," San Francisco, CA: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2005, pg. 293.
ShiPu Wang, "Chiura Obata: An American Modern," Santa Barbara, CA: Art, Design and Architecture Museum, University of California in association with University of California Press, Oakland, CA, 2018, no. 6.
Burgard, Timothy Anglin, ed., "Masterworks of American Painting at the de Young," San Francisco, CA: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 2005, pg. 293.
ShiPu Wang, "Chiura Obata: An American Modern," Santa Barbara, CA: Art, Design and Architecture Museum, University of California in association with University of California Press, Oakland, CA, pg. 2018, 46.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
Forest landscape with a nude young woman standing amid the small purple flowers that cover the forest floor. She stands with her body turned to the right, her head turned in profile to the right, and her long black hair falling over her shoulders and down her back, nearly concealing her right arm.
Topic:
Landscape--Forest  Search this
Figure female--Full length  Search this
Figure female--Nude  Search this
Control number:
IAP 04150021
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_378321