Photography by Edward C. Robison III.
Dust Storm, Topaz Relocation Center
ArtistChiura Obata, 1885–1975
Date1943
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensions14 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (36.8 x 49.5 cm)
Signedl.r., in black paint: Chiura Obata / Mar. 13th 1943
Inscription(s)verso, l.l.c., in pencil: Dust Storm - Topaz Relocation Center
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata, 2023.21
ClassificationWatercolor
ProvenanceArtist; by descent to Haruko Obata (Artist’s wife) [1892–1989], Berkeley, CA, 1975; by descent to Lillian Yuri Kodani (Artist’s daughter) [1927–2018], Oakland, CA, 1989; by descent to Mia Kodani Brill (Artist’s grandchild), Oakland, CA, Kimi Kodani Hill (Artist’s grandchild), Berkeley, CA, and Kei Kodani (Artist’s grandchild), Piedmont, CA, (owned jointly), 2018; given to Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2023
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 39× the area of a tennis ball.Drawn to the same scale.