Chiura Obata, a gifted Japanese-born artist from California, made his first Trip to Yosemite in 1927.
Named one of the Best Fifty books of 1993? by the American Institute of Graphic Arts, the book is a unique and beautiful presentation of personal artistic experience..
This volume includes 80 full-color reproductions of Obata s pencil sketches, watercolor paintings, and day-by-day narratives woven through his correspondences.
The Trip left a lasting impression in a remarkable collection of sketches, postcards, and letters.
Chiura Obata, a gifted Japanese-born artist from California, made his first Trip to Yosemite in 1927