Obata's Yosemite : Art and Letters of Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927

Chiura Obata, a gifted Japanese-born artist from California, made his first trip to Yosemite in 1927.The trip left a lasting impression in a remarkable collection of sketches, postcards, and letters.This volume includes 80 full-color reproductions of Obata's pencil sketches, watercolor paintings, and day-by-day narratives woven through his correspondences.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.