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Arkansas

Arkansas

Maker (American, 1900 - 1990)
Date1943
Mediumoil, canvas
DimensionsH: 13.5 in, W: 16.25 in, D: .25 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum
Object number92.97.13
DescriptionStretched and unframed.;Image of five men clearing the grassy, broken land in internment camp. One stands with axe raised to chop at a tall tree to the left while another man pushes a blue wheelbarrow in the right foreground. Three other men stand further back, one cutting a stump. Three wooden structures stand apart in the background, two in the open field and one before a backdrop of dark trees under a dark sky,

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