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Feather merchant : cheerful spirit
Maker
Ishigo, Estelle
(1899 - 1990)
Date1942-1945
Mediumpencil, paper
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 6 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineJapanese American National Museum
Object number94.195.7Z
DescriptionPencil drawing of a bearded man seated on a chair in a cluttered room leaning over a cloth covered bottle, filling it with liquid from a bucket. Other bottles and shoes are scattered across the wood floor. Table in foreground, left, is covered with bottles. Pot sits on heater with vent pipe, background left ; clothesline with pins and shorts extends from pipe out of view. Cleaver and hammer hang on shelf holding a basket, background right ; table piled with items sits below shelf.;1 drawing on paper ; 9.5 x 6 in.
1930-1949