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[Guards at the lumber piles, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 10 in, W: 14.5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.140
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 10 x 14.5 in.;A woman with a flipped forelock of hair, in mittens and an overcoat, Mine Okubo, stands in the center foreground watching three men guard a scrap-lumber pile. The men, each holding a stick of lumber, are wearing hats, bulky overcoats and mittens. In the midground, a fire burns to keep them warm.
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