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Upper Lyell Fork near Lyell Glacier, 1930
Woodblock Print
18.5 x 13
in
Description: 'Tiny water drops that drip from the glaciers in the High Sierra collect themselves into a body of clear blue crystalline water and dash down the mountainside as the Lyell Fork.' A rare signed Print from the Yosemite series in very fine condition. These extraordinary woodblock prints by Obata were commissioned to be printed in Japan at the Takamizawa Color Printing Studio, Tokyo. They were carefully supervised by the Artist - over 30 different blocks were used and many colors, to achieve the extraordinary detail and depth Pl.52 Obata's Yosemite, Yosemite Association, California
Issued: 1930
Edition: 100
Condition: very fine, excellent color and state, faint mat line in image lower left #2 in pencil lower right margin
Image Size: 15.5 x 11 inches
Sheet Size: 18.5 x 13 inches
Signed: in black ink lower left
Sealed: in red
Publisher: self published
Series: Yosemite
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