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Susie in Camp Jerome

Sugimoto, Henry [ bio ]

Susie in Camp Jerome

painting
H: 17.75 in, W: 14.75 in, D: .75 in
oil
canvas

Fresno, Calif. | Denson, Ark., 1942

(92.97.132)

Gift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum

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Description

Stretched and framed.

Portrait of Sugimoto's wife, Susie, in Jerome Camp, Arkansas. A Japanese woman in white button down blouse and red headscarf gazes off to the left of viewer. In the background a black frame sits on a shelf midground right, while a suitcase sits on shelf top.

Inscription
Signed in medium, bottom left corner: H. Sugimoto/1942/Fresno Assembly Camp Written on back: Susie in Camp Jerome

All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in this collection must be submitted to the Hirasaki National Resource Center at the Japanese American National Museum (hnrc@janm.org).

 

 

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