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[Construction of fences in preparations for relocation, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumpaper, ink, mat board
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.110
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;A woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, watches with four other people the construction of a fence near the back gate of railroad siding in Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine appears in profile behind three other people, bottom right, while the head and shoulders of another man in a hat is visible at bottom left corner. Figures of two men, one installing a post and another digging with a shovel, appear to the left next to rolled chicken wire and planks. Another figure walks with a bucket toward women's toilet. Row of barracks and other buildings in background; man in watchtower at top left.
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