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Heavy Burden
Maker
Henry Sugimoto
(American, 1900 - 1990)
Date1965
Object Nameprint, woodblock
Mediumpaper
Dimensions11 x 12 in. (27.9 x 30.5 cm)
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Madeleine Sugimoto
Object number2015.2.60
DescriptionBlack and white woodblock print. In the center, there is a man hunched over carrying a load on his back that reads "Jerome ARC." In the bottom right corner, a young girl wearing a polka dot dress also carries a load. In the bottom left corner, a woman holds her baby. There is a guard tower with a guard in the top right corner, and barbed wire fence spans the background. Signed H. Sugimoto. 28 copies. Printed on different types of paper with sizes varying slightly.
Henry Sugimoto
Henry Sugimoto