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Topaz Hospital
Maker
Hisako Hibi
(Japanese American, 1907 - 1991)
Date1943
Mediumoil, canvas
DimensionsH: 16 in, W: 20 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Ibuki Hibi Lee
Object number96.601.11
DescriptionUnframed, stretched canvas.;Image of an elderly man watching three people within a fenced area against a backdrop of barracks and mountains at Topaz concentration camp, Topaz, Utah. White-haired, bearded figure stands at left foreground in profile with hands clasped behind back. Trio sits on or stand with layered bottom half as they face away from the man in an open area enclosed by short poles and single strand of wire or rope. Barracks at midground in front of a building with an exceedingly tall smokestack that reaches top edge. Angular mountains in background.
Hirasaki, Tetsuzo
1942