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Kids Playing in Dirt in Irrigation Ditch
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

Kids Playing in Dirt in Irrigation Ditch

Date1945
Mediumpaper, watercolor
DimensionsH: 12 in, W: 18 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Charlotte Opler Sagoff
Object number2002.142.5
Description1 watercolor painting of four children playing in the dirt with pails in the foreground. A 4x4 post fence behind them with a young man riding a bicycle and two women walking in opposite directions on the street.

On lower left corner on painting is a signature, "D.T. Hamaoka / 1945." On matte reads, "Kids playing in dirt in irrigation ditch."

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