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Two Nuns and Church
Maker
Henry Sugimoto
(American, 1900 - 1990)
Date1931
Mediumoil, canvas
DimensionsH: 26.75 in, W: 32.25 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum
Object number92.97.53
DescriptionUnstretched, unframed canvas.;The primary subject is a French church, the collegiate church of La Chapelle-sur-Crecy, a Gothic structure with a single tower, arched windows, and what may be flying buttresses along its sides. Two nuns in traditional habit with their backs to the viewer are walking on the sidewalk around the left side of the church. A road curves around the left. A stylized tree, bare of leaves, stands at lower right.
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