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Planting Vegetables
Maker
Henry Sugimoto
(American, 1900 - 1990)
Date1944
Mediumoil, canvas
DimensionsH: 23 in, W: 32 in, Frame: 25 x 34.25 x 1 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum
Object number92.97.71
DescriptionMounted and framed. Wood frame with gold streaks.;Family of four gardening together. Father dressed in blue shirt, tan pants and light blue socks steps on shovel to dig in garden next to a barracks. Mother in lime green shirt, blue pants and white apron bends down to plant vegetable. A little bucket sits at her foot. Little daughter in yellow dress stands between parents holding a plant. Son in blue shorts, yellow striped shirt and bluish cap walks up on left side next to father carrying a bucket. Laundry hangs next to barracks on left. In the background a woman walks before a barracks, a man in apron stands before a mess hall on right and a man with a cane walks between the buildings.
Fukuzaki, Ben
ca. 1943-1955