Jerome Camp
Sugimoto, Henry
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painting
Denson, Ark.,
1943 (92.97.65) Gift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum Enlarge Image (87.8KB) |
Description
Stretched and framed.
Large pond/swampy area with wooden planks and debris in foreground. Tall grasses stand in the midground. Rows of barracks separated by a road stand in the distance.
Inscription
Signed in medium, bottom left corner: Painted at Jerome Camp, 1943
Written on back, top left corner: Jerome Camp, 21 1/2" x 18"
History
"Staying in the camp, I had no chance of contact with the outside...Sometimes I went into the wooded area within the confines of the camp. I created imaginary landscapes of Arkansas, beautiful autumn scenes...[of the] surrounding [area], as much as I could see from the camp." (From a 1968 interview with Henry Sugimoto by Boris Musich)
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