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Baby is taking a bath
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

Baby is taking a bath

Date1944
Mediumpaper
DimensionsH: 10 in, W: 13 1/2 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Daisy Uyeda Satoda
Object number2000.151.6
Description1 drawing by Ella Honderich, wife of Walter Honderich, WRA co-op supervisor at Topaz camp. Detailed interior scene of family life inside barrack. C is large potbellied stove, activity surrounding it. Father kneeling in front bathing baby in wash tub. Small wooden fence within area. Little boy to L has leg over fence. CL elder lady seated on trunk. CR woman at table is knitting. BR, little girl in dress riding a tricycle. Muted colors. Detailed pencils with watercolor accents in yellow, red, blue, orange and green. BL is written title. BR, signed: Ella Honderich, Topaz, April 1944. Drawing mounted on purple poster board.

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