Chiura Obata Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Chiura Obata Art Value Price Guide

Oct. 04, 2017
Obata Chiura (1885-1975) Lychees and Grasshopper Mid-20th century
Est: $800 - $1,200
Obata Chiura (1885-1975) Lychees and Grasshopper Mid-20th century
Bonhams
Nov. 15, 2011
Property from Various Owners.
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Color woodcut, unsigned, stamped "Made and Printed in Japan at Takamizawa Color-Print Studio" to verso, very good impression and color, transfer of publisher's stamp faintly visible to lower right margin, pencil notations to verso, otherwise very good condition. 17 ¾ x 13in (42.2 x 33cm)
Bonhams
Nov. 15, 2011
Property from Various Owners.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Comprising a silhouette portrait of the California painter Xavier Martinez (1869-1943), signed Chiura Obata; a river landscape with a rowboat and small dock shown beneath two trees, signed Chiura Obata; a sketch of two shorebirds, signed Chiura, and two ink studies of flowers, both signed (foxing, creases); together with five unsigned ink sketches in Obata's characteristic style. [10] 21 x 15 1/2in (53.3 x 39.4cm) dimensions of the largest
Bonhams
Nov. 15, 2011
Property from Various Owners.
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Color woodcut, signed in ink with seal Chiura, stamped "Made and Printed in Japan at Takamizawa Color-Print Studio" with unfilled edition notation cartouche to verso, very good impression and color, a small pencil notation and a few pale stains, pencil notations, soiling and paper tape residue to verso. 13 x 17 3/4in (33 x 45.2cm)
Bonhams
Jul. 10, 2011
Watercolor, Chiura Obata
Est: $800 - $1,200
Framed color brush painting on shikishi, ''Chrysanthemums'', by Chiura Obata (Californian/Japanese, 1885-1975), signed and stamped Obata lower left, sight: 10.5''h x 9.5''w, overall: 17.5''h x 15.5''w. Provenance: given by the artist to the current owner - one of his students
Clars Auctions
Jun. 21, 2011
Japanese Prints and Paintings
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Woodblock print; with printed title Sanjo no mizuumi beikoku kashu hai.shieera (Mountain-top lake, High Sierra in the state of California in America) and Lake Basin in High Sierra (printed below the image), signed Chiura and sealed Chiura, the lower right margin numbered no. 14 within a fan-shaped cartouche and bearing the marks of carver Baba Shizuka and printer Manjuro; together with the original paper mat, inscribed in pencil Lake Basin in the High Sierra, signed Chiura Obata and dated 1930; and a printed Japanese-language cover sheet; good impression and color, toning and stains, attached to backing at top edge. 15 1/2 x 20 1/4in (39.4 x 51.4 cm)
Bonhams
Mar. 15, 2011
Chiura Obata (1885-1975)
Est: $1,800 - $2,500
Comprising a silhouette portrait of the California painter Xavier Martinez (1869-1943), signed Chiura Obata; a river landscape with a rowboat and small dock shown beneath two trees, signed Chiura Obata; a sketch of two shorebirds, signed Chiura, and two ink studies of flowers, both signed (foxing, creases); together with five unsigned ink sketches in Obata's characteristic style. [10] 21 x 15 1/2in (53.3 x 39.4cm) dimensions of the largest
Bonhams
Mar. 13, 2011
Ink Painting, Chiura Obata
Est: $600 - $800
Framed black brush painting on paper, ''The Crane in Snow'', by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian, 1885-1975), unsigned, sight: 15''h x 10.5''w, overall: 25''h x 18.75''w. Provenance: Given by the artist to the current owner, one of his students
Clars Auctions
Mar. 13, 2011
Ink Painting, Chiura Obata
Est: $800 - $1,200
Framed black brush painting on paper, ''Plum Blossoms, Branches'', by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian, 1885-1975), signed upper left, sight: 15''h x 11.5''w, overall: 25''h x 19''w. Provenance: Given by the artist to the current owner, one of his students
Clars Auctions
Feb. 06, 2011
Watercolor, Chiura Obata, Dancing Japanese Women
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Framed watercolor, ''Dancing Japanese Women in Kimonos'', 1939, by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian, 1885-1975), signed and dated (and stamped) ''Chiura Obata 1939'' lower right, sight: 15''h x 20''w, overall: 30''h x 36''w
Clars Auctions
Dec. 05, 2010
Painting, Chiura Obata, Sacramento River
Est: $600 - $800
Framed black brush painting on paper, ''Along the Sacramento River,'' by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian, 1885-1975), unsigned, sight: 10.25''h x 15.75''w, overall: 18.75''h x 25''w. Provenance: Given by the artist to the current owner, one of his students
Clars Auctions
Dec. 05, 2010
Painting, Chiura Obata, Flowering Quince
Est: $800 - $1,200
Framed colored brush painting on paper, ''Flowering Quince,'' by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian, 1885-1975), signed ''Obata'' lower left, sight: 10.5''h x 14.75''w, overall: 19.25''h x 25.25''w. Provenance: Given by the artist to the current owner, one of his students
Clars Auctions
Dec. 05, 2010
Painting, Chiura Obata, Homeward Bound
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Framed colored brush painting on paper, ''Homeward Bound,'' by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian, 1885-1975), unsigned, sight: 16''h x 22''w, overall: 25.5''h x 31.5''w. Provenance: Given by the artist to the current owner, one of his students
Clars Auctions
Dec. 05, 2010
Painting, Chiara Obata, Green Pheasant
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Framed colored brush painting, ''Green Pheasant'' by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian, 1885-1975), unsigned, sight: 15''h x 21''w, overall: 25.5''h x 31.5''w. Provenance: Given by the artist to the current owner, one of his students
Clars Auctions
Nov. 07, 2010
Chiura Obata, brush painting, Green Pheasant
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Framed colored brush painting, ''Green Pheasant'' by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian, 1885-1975), unsigned, sight: 15''h x 21''w, overall: 25.5''h x 31.5''w; Provenance: given by the artist to the current owner, one of his students
Clars Auctions
Nov. 07, 2010
Chiura Obata, ink on paper, Bamboo
Est: $800 - $1,200
Framed ink on paper, ''Bamboo'', by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian 1885-1975), unsigned, sight: 15''h x 10''w, overall: 24.75''h x 18.75''w; Provenance: given by the artist to the current owner, one of his students
Clars Auctions
Nov. 07, 2010
Chiura Obata, ink on paper, Galloping Horse
Est: $800 - $1,200
Framed ink on paper, ''Galloping Horse'', by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian, 1885-1975), unsigned, sight: 15''h x 10''w, overall: 24.75''h x 18.75''w; Provenance: given by the artist to the current owner, one of his students
Clars Auctions
Nov. 07, 2010
Chiura Obata, ink on paper, Islands in Mist
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Framed ink on paper, ''Islands in Mist (Inland Sea, Japan)'', by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian, 1885-1975), signed and stamped lower right, sight: 15.25''h x 10''h, overall: 24.75''h x 18.75''; Provenance: given by the artist to the current owner, one of his students
Clars Auctions
Sep. 12, 2010
Ink wash, Chiura Obata, Yosemite Waterfall
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Framed ink wash on paper, Yosemite Waterfall, by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian, 1885-1975), signed in Japanese lower left, sight: 16.4''h x 22.125''w, overall: 25.3''h x 31.25''w
Clars Auctions
Jun. 29, 2009
Chiura Obata (1885-1975)
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
From the World Landscape Series, entitled Lake Basin in High Sierra, Johnson Peak, High Sierra, USA, mark of publisher Takamizawa to verso, very good impression, slight fading, light toning, creasing to top right corner, otherwise good condition. 34.4 x 45.3cm
Bonhams
Jun. 29, 2009
Chiura Obata (1885-1975)
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
Each from the World Landscape Series, including: Setting Sun on Sacramento Valley, California; Upper Lyell Fork, Near Lyell Glacier, High Sierra; Rainbow Waterfall, Inyo National Forest, California; Storm; Lick Observatory, Mount Hamilton, Santa Clara county, California; and Evening Glow of Mono Lake, Mono Mill, High Sierra, USA, each with the mark of publisher Takamizawa to verso, very good impressions, very good color to the first three, the last two with some fading, heavy foxing to 'Setting Sun', others good-moderately good conditions. 45.4 x 33.3cm, 33.3 x 45.5cm
Bonhams
Jun. 29, 2009
Chiura Obata (1885-1975)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Each from the World Landscape Series, including Life and Death, Porcupine Flat, High Sierra, California; Struggle, Trail to Johnson Peak, High Sierra, California; Sundown at Tioga, Tioga Peak, High Sierra, California; Evening at Carl Inn: Yosemite, California; and Spring Rain, Berkeley, California; with the mark of publisher Takamizawa to verso; very good impressions and color, some toning, a nick to the edge of 'Spring Rain', otherwise good conditions. 44.8 x 33cm and 33 x 44.8cm
Bonhams
Jun. 29, 2009
Chiura Obata (1885-1975)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Each from the World Landscape Series, including Silence; Last Twilight on an Unknown Lake, Johnson Peak, High Sierra USA; Before the Rain: Mono Lake, High Sierra, California; Eagle Peak Trail, Yosemite, Californi; and Dawn, Knights' Ferry, Tuolumne County, California; with the mark of publisher Takamizawa to verso; very good impressions and color, some toning, mild foxing to the first two, otherwise good conditions. 33.5 x 45.4cm and 45.4 x 33.5cm
Bonhams
Jun. 29, 2009
Chiura Obata (1885-1975)
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Each from the World Landscape Series, including El Capitan: Yosemite National Park, California; Evening Moon, Yosemite, California; Lake Mary, High Sierra, National Park, USA; and Before singing (Madame Talia Savanieva); each with the mark of publisher Takamizawa to verso; very good impressions and color, toning, staining, and creasing to margins of 'Evening Moon', 'El Capitan' with slight toning and creasing, otherwise good conditions. 33.5 x 45.4cm and 45.4 x 33.5cm
Bonhams
Mar. 23, 2009
Chiura Obata (1885-1975)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Ink on paper, unmounted; the first depicting a seagull winging past a rocky shoreline, signed Chiura Obata; the second of a rabbit leaping through the air above a stylized wave, signed Chiura hitsu; the third an unsigned sketch of a fishmerman standing at the ocean's edge, dwarfed by the rocky shoreline beyond. The largest 20 3/4 x 15in (52.7 x 38.1cm)
Bonhams
Jan. 24, 2009
CHIURA OBATA (Japanese/American, 1885-1975)
Est: -
CHIURA OBATA (Japanese/American, 1885-1975) ''Untitled,'' ink on paper (framed). (Provenance: Private Collection, New Jersey.) Signed and sealed. 19 1/2'' x 14 7/8'' (sight).
Rago Arts and Auction Center
Dec. 09, 2008
Chiura Obata (1885-1975) Mt. Fuji
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
Ink and color on silk, mounted and framed; depicting the iconic snow-covered peak rising beyond rolling green hills, with a foreground view of a shoreline with pine tree, maple and fishing boats at the edge of a wide blue lake; signed l/r Chiura Obata with seal Chiura. 27 5/8 x 51 5/8in (70.2 x 131.1cm) within the mat
Bonhams
Sep. 20, 2008
Obata, Chiura, 1885-1975 Title: Morning at Mono
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Obata, Chiura, 1885-1975 Title: Morning at Mono Lake Date: 1930 Medium: woodblock Dimensions: 11 x 15 5/8 inches Condition: Faint toning to front margins and on reverse; light tape stains on reverse corners Comments: Hand written numeration of 16 on reverse
Floating World Auctions
Jan. 09, 2005
Framed watercolor on paper, Mount Fuji, by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian 1885-1975), signed and sealed lower left, image: 18"H x 24"W, frame:
Est: $200 - $400
Framed watercolor on paper, Mount Fuji, by Chiura Obata (Japanese/Californian 1885-1975), signed and sealed lower left, image: 18"H x 24"W, frame: 27"H x 33"W x .5"D. Condition: Some paper skinning lower right
Clars Auctions