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California Japanese-American artist Chiura Obata, first

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California Japanese-American artist Chiura Obata, first

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Heading: (1916 – California Japanese-American artist Chiura Obata, first book illustration)
Author: George Turner Marsh and Ronald Temple
Title: The Lords of Dawn, A Novel, ilustrated by Chiura Obata
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:John J. Newbegin
Date Published: 1916
Description:

First Edition. Original pictorial boards. 304pp. Text illustrations - 40 headpiece drawings by 31 year-old Chiura Obata - probably his first book illustration.

Immigrating to the US from Japan as a teenager, Obata began work in San Francisco as an illustrator and commercial artist, later gaining renown for the magnificent paintings and prints he produced while on a 1927 sketching tour of Yosemite and the Sierras, and then as an Art instructor at UC Berkeley from 1932 to 1953 - interrupted by his wartime internment during World War II. (See other listings below for imprints of his work in 1940 and a museum exhibition catalogue of 1977).

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Some edge wear, otherwise very good.

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California Japanese-American artist Chiura Obata, first

Name: California Japanese-American artist Chiura Obata, first
SKU: 35322158
Price: 150 USD
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