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Family of shell flower artists
Maker
Honderich, Ella
Date1944
Mediumpaper
DimensionsH: 10 in, W: 14 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Daisy Uyeda Satoda
Object number2000.151.7
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 mother behind a work table making shell flowers. Table is full of small bottles. L are shelves with boxes, pans, brushes and other items. Light fixture overhead. L father is seated on a box, he is cutting something with scissors over a pan. Near his R foot are shells placed on paper. To R of work table is a bed, boy seated reading a book. Girl sits on chair near end of work table. BR Little girl is holding a doll. BL is written title. CR, signed: Ella Honderich, Topaz, March 1944. Drawing mounted on purple poster board.
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1942-1945