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Mother in Jerome Camp
Mother in Jerome Camp
Mother in Jerome Camp

Mother in Jerome Camp

Maker (American, 1900 - 1990)
Date1943
Mediumoil, canvas
DimensionsH: 22 in, W: 18 in, Frame: 23 x 19 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum
Object number92.97.7
DescriptionStretched and framed.;Portrait of Sugimoto's mother wearing a collared shirt under a blue button-down v-neck sweater seated on a dark red seat next to a midnight blue pillow with red trim that reads, " 7th DIVISION." She gazes off to the right of the viewer. A framed picture of a soldier stands on a shelf in the background to the right. In background left is an image of an American flag over a star and a large "V".

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