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[Kawabe Sotaro, 52]
Maker
Hoshida, George
(1907 - 1985)
Date1942-1943
Mediumink, paper, laminate
DimensionsH: 6 in, W: 9.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of June Hoshida Honma, Sandra Hoshida and Carole Hoshida Kanada
Object number97.106.2BE
Description2 drawings on paper, lined and laminated (1 sheet) : ink ; left image 3.875 x 2.75 in., right image 3.875 x 2.75 in., on sheet 6 x 9.5 in.;Ink portraits of two men, Sotaro Kawabe and Kengo Kawasaki, at Lordsburg Justice Department Camp, New Mexico. Both drawings have black line borders.
Left portrait of Sotaro Kawabe, 52 year-old merchant of Alaska, originally from Shiga. Kawabe wears a striped button-down shirt over another shirt. He gazes to the right of the viewer. He has a small mustache and his hair is parted on proper right. Visible from shoulders up.
Right portrait of Kengo Kawasaki, a law clerk in Hilo, Hawaii, originally from Hiroshima. Kawasaki looks to the left of viewer through round-rimmed glasses. He is dressed in a button-down shirt and his wavy hair is parted on proper left. Visible from shoulders up.
Left portrait of Sotaro Kawabe, 52 year-old merchant of Alaska, originally from Shiga. Kawabe wears a striped button-down shirt over another shirt. He gazes to the right of the viewer. He has a small mustache and his hair is parted on proper right. Visible from shoulders up.
Right portrait of Kengo Kawasaki, a law clerk in Hilo, Hawaii, originally from Hiroshima. Kawasaki looks to the left of viewer through round-rimmed glasses. He is dressed in a button-down shirt and his wavy hair is parted on proper left. Visible from shoulders up.