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[Movie night at the grandstand, 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 number2007.62.89
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, sits at back of crowd watching a movie in the grandstands of Tanforan Assembly Center, California during World War II. Mine's head and shoulders are visible in the bottom left corner next to a crying child. The large room is filled with people sitting on blankets at front and chairs or stools in the back. The movie screen is a distant rectangle at top right corner; the small figure of a man sits behind the projector up by the front rows. Windows line the wall across the top.
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Fukuzaki, Ben
ca. 1943-1955
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