Girls Making Snowman? (Girls Making a Snowman in Jerome Camp)
Sugimoto, Henry
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painting
Denson, Ark.,
ca. 1943 (92.97.96) Gift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum Enlarge Image (87.8KB) |
Description
Stretched and framed.
Two girls build a snowman in wintry scene of Jerome camp. One girl stands with her hands to her mouth on the right, while another girl crouches in front of a small snowman with her back to the viewer, gazing up at the other girl. A snow covered green dustpan lies at her feet. Both girls have cropped hair and are dressed in red tops, blue pants, black boots and brown gloves. The snowman has a simple face of two eyes, eyebrows, straight mouth, and two nostrils. The porch and steps of a barracks is visible at left. A snow covered bush stands in the right foreground. Three barracks are visible in the background with snow laden roofs and smoking chimneys.
Inscription
Signed in medium, bottom left corner: Painted at Jerome Camp, 1943 ; bottom center: Jerome Camp Girls ; bottom right corner: H. Sugimoto. Written on back, top center: "Girls Making Snowman" / 24" x 20"
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