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Dust Storm

Ishigo, Estelle [ bio ]

Dust Storm

drawing
H: 11.25 in, W: 8.75 in, Mat: 18 x 16.125 in
pencil
paper
mat board

Heart Mountain, Wyo., ca. 1943

(94.195.21)

Japanese American National Museum

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Description

1 drawing on paper ; image 11.375 x 8.875 in., mat board 18 x 16 x .25 in.

Pencil drawing of people and 2 dogs walking in a dust storm. White spotted dog stands in foreground ; dark dog romps next to man bent against the wind, walking toward right. A girl in braids runs behind him. Figure in midground left walks with a cane. Streams of dust blow horizonally around them from the right. Two figures in distance walk between barracks ; Heart mountain in background.

Inscription
Written in pencil, bottom left corner: Dust Storm.

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