Nisei babies in concentration camp
Sugimoto, Henry
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painting
Denson, Ark.,
ca. 1943 (92.97.130) Gift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum |
Description
Stretched and framed.
Five faceless black haired babies in diapers on white sheet; one stands, holding up small American flag in right hand; one seated behind him salutes. A soldier in tan uniform and black MP arm band carries a rifle with bayonet in left foreground. A barbed-wire fence separates him from and surrounds the babies. A guard tower stands next to a bare tree in right background under a dark sky.
Inscription
Signed, front, BLC: H. Sugimoto
Written on back: Nisei Babies in (babwired camp) [crossed out]/Concetration [sic] Camp/22 1/2" x 18"
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