Praying mantis, blue flowers

Object Details

• Artist

  Chiura Obata 小圃千浦 (American, born Okayama, Japan (1885-1975))

• Description

  Scroll painting of flowers.

• Signatures

  Signed Chiura Obata.

• Marks

  Contains one seal.

• Provenance

  1940-1975

  Chiura Obata (1885-1975), Berkeley, CA [1]

  1975-1989

  Haruko Obata (1892-1989), Berkeley, CA, by inheritance [2]

  1989-2018

  Lillian Yuri Kodani (1927-2018), Oakland, CA, by inheritance [3]

  2018-2023

  Mia Kodani Brill, Kimi Kodani, and Kei Kodani, Oakland, Berkeley and Piedmont, CA, by inheritance [4]

  From 2023

  National Museum of Asian Art, gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata on December 22, 2023 [5]

  Notes:

  [1] Chiura Obata was the artist who created this work.

  [2] Haruko Obata (nee Kohashi) was the wife of artist Chiura Obata. She inherited these works upon Chiura Obata's passing in 1975.

  [3] Lillian Yuri Kodani was the daughter of the artist. She inherited the pieces in 1989.

  [4] Mia Kodani Brill, Kimi Kodani Hill, and Kei Kodani are the grandchildren of the artist.

  [5] See Deed of Gift in accession file.

  Research completed December 28, 2023

• Collection

  National Museum of Asian Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Chiura Obata 小圃千浦 (American, born Okayama, Japan (1885-1975))

  Haruko Obata (1892-1989)

  Lillian Yuri Kodani (1927-2018)

  Mia Kodani Brill

  Kimi Kodani Hill

  Kei Kodani

  Estate of Chiura Obata

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of the Estate of Chiura Obata

• Type

  Painting

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1940s

• Name

  Kodani, Lillian Yuri, Kodani, Kei, Estate of Chiura Obata, Obata, Chiura, Brill, Mia Kodani, Obata, Haruko, Hill, Kimi Kodani

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Art, American Art, Mantis, Flowers

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings