Camp in Lafayette Square
Artist
Chiura Obata
(American, 1885 - 1975)
Place of OriginSan Francisco
Date1906
MaterialsWatercolor and graphite on paper
DimensionsOverall: H. 5 in × W. 7 1/2 in (12.7 cm × 19.1 cm)
Credit LineGift from the Estate of Chiura Obata
Object number2021.49
DepartmentJapanese Art
ClassificationsPainting
On View
Not on viewInscribedChiura 「花押」
Verso: （十四、）ラファエトキャンプ
More InformationThis is the third of three views of the Lafayette camp, which unlike the others was neither dated nor inscribed with the series title. This version shows a well-established site with cookstove fires and laundry drying under a gray sky—perhaps San Francisco’s notorious fog. A rare photo of Japanese residents of the Lafayette camp appeared in the local Japanese-language newspaper, Nichibei Shinbun, on May 12.
