Untitled? (Rohwer Camp, Block 29 or Rohwer Camp)
Sugimoto, Henry
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painting
Rohwer, Ark.,
ca. 1944 (92.97.60) Gift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum Enlarge Image (87.8KB) |
Description
Mounted on board, unframed.
An American flag flies from a flagpole in the center. To the right is a garden of giant sunflowers within a white picket fence. In the foreground is a sign that reads, "Block 29." To the left of the flagpole, a man in a yellow shirt works with some large cans or drums in front of the barracks in the background. A woman in a blue dress and white apron walks down a path on the left, carrying a yellow basket (?).
Inscription
Signed in medium, bottom left corner: H. Sugimoto, Rohwer Camp
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