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[Teaching art classes, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
[Teaching art classes, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
[Teaching art classes, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]

[Teaching art classes, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]

Maker (1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.93
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in.;A woman wearing a cross-patterned shirt and holding a paintbrush, Mine Okubo teaches a disorderly elementary school art class in Tanforan. She stands in the right midground and looks over her shoulder at two girls who appear to be fighting. Three rows of desks seat ten children painting with watercolors. Each student has his own set of paints, water cup, paper, and brush. Two boys in the front row paint on each other.

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