Barracks room

Maker Ishigo, Estelle (1899 - 1990)

Date1942-1945

Mediumpencil, ink, paper

DimensionsH: 14 in, W: 8 1/2 in

ClassificationsFine Arts

Credit LineJapanese American National Museum

Object number94.195.29M

Description2 drawings on paper mounted on 1 sheet : pencil, ink ; 5 x 7.75 in., bottom image 5 x 8 in., paper support 14 x 8.5 in.;Pencil drawing entitled "Barracks room" depicts a woman washing a child in laundry tub on table in center of room. Child sits in tub with hands on rim ; woman stands behind table with her hands at edge of tub. Table is covered with white cloth and bowls and containers ; bucket on floor, left. Two freestanding screens are placed on either side of table ; window background right partially blocked by screen. Laundry hangs on line in background. Chair in foreground.;Black pen sketch entitled "8 A.M." of barracks interior at 8 a.m. in United States concentration camp. Woman seated in chair sips from a cup while propping her feet on a low table covered with objects including a pot on a hotplate plugged into overhead light. A curtain hangs behind her, floor to ceiling with a sign "Private Keep Out." One shoe next to table in foreground ; its mate and another pair of shoes sit at the foot of a cot next to a bed where someone is sleeping on right side. In background right, above bed is a sign "Silence" ; a dog sleeps curled up on another bed, back center. Lines indicate plank flooring. Same content as 94.195.27B.