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Prayer
Maker
Hisako Hibi
(Japanese American, 1907 - 1991)
Date1944
Mediumoil, canvas
DimensionsH: 20 in, W: 24 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Ibuki Hibi Lee
Object number96.601.26
DescriptionUnframed, stretched canvas.;Image in hues of gray, brown and green of two people, a woman and girl, standing and praying in a green field with a mountain and guard tower in the background at Topaz concentration camp, Utah. The figures stand in profile with hands held in prayer facing distant mountains. Rabbit sits in BLC. Barbed wire fence spans the image at midground, transitioning from green field to darker hued mountains in distance. Watchtower midground right. Clouds above mountains.