Images(2)

North Beach

Artist Chiura Obata (American, 1885 - 1975)

Date1906

MaterialsWatercolor and graphite on paper

DimensionsOverall: H. 5 1/4 in × W. 7 1/2 in (13.3 cm × 19.1 cm)

Credit LineGift from the Estate of Chiura Obata

Object number2021.50

DepartmentJapanese Art

ClassificationsPainting

On View

Not on view

InscribedVerso: （十一）一　ノースビーチ

More Information

The site shown here many be one of several quarries located around Telegraph Hill in the early 1900s. In the foreground several metal tanks rest on their sides. Sharing the same format as the sketches from the earthquake series, this image is thought to be a work from the same time.