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Shower rooms
Maker
Ishigo, Estelle
(1899 - 1990)
Date1943
Mediumpencil, paper
DimensionsH: 9.5 in, W: 6 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineJapanese American National Museum
Object number94.195.24D
Description1 drawing on paper ; image 6 x 3.5 in., on sheet 9.5 x 6 in.;Pencil drawing of two women in shower room within fine line rectangular border. Open shower stalls line the left and right sides with window in center background. Nails to hang clothes stick out of stall dividers. Wooden racks at bottom of stalls ; one rack leans against stall on right. Woman in robe steps onto rack as she enters stall on left. Another woman's head and shoulders are visible in last stall on right as she bends over, water splashing on her back and out into corridor. Both women have clothes hanging from nails. Bare light bulb, top center. Three holes punched along right edge ; rounded corners.
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1942
1942