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Thousand Stitches To My Son
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

Thousand Stitches To My Son

Maker (American, 1900 - 1990)
Date1965
Mediumpaper
Dimensions12 3/4 x 10 in. (32.4 x 25.4 cm)
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Madeleine Sugimoto
Object number2015.2.92
DescriptionBlack and white woodblock print. A woman wearing a polka dot dress and her hair tied back holds up a scarf (senninbari) to a ghostly outline of her son, who holds his arm up in salute and wears a soldier uniform. White crosses appear in the background. The woman stands before a barbed wire fence. There is a sign in the bottom left corner that reads "BLOCK 28" and a guard tower in the top right corner. Signed H. Sugimoto. 37 copies.

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