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[Discomfort and restlessness on train trip from Tanforan to Topaz, 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 number2007.62.118
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in., matted 16 x 20 in.;Woman with flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, carries oranges and lemons as she walks through train filled with exhausted passengers from Tanforan Assembly Center in California headed for the "Central Utah Relocation Center," a concentration camp in Topaz, Utah during World War II. Mine holds an armful of fruits at the far left of aisle that extends to right side between rows of grimacing people who hold their hands to their head, sleep or read on the two-night trip. The shades are drawn in background.
Mitsuoka, Norio
ca. 1947-1948