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[Mine sleeping on a cot in her barrack, 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 number2007.62.69
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, lies in bed under a U.S. Army blanket looking at the two mice looking at her from the foot of her bed at Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine's head rests on a pillow at top left as she clutches the top of her blanket with her legs bent underneath the covers. The two mice sit on railing of spring cot at right. A box is directly under foot of bed; a pair of shoes rest on the floor in foreground; bedside table at bottom left. Spider sits in web at top right.
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