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Our baggage was left in the fields
Maker
Ishigo, Estelle
(1899 - 1990)
Date1943
Mediumpencil, paper
DimensionsH: 6.5 in, W: 5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineJapanese American National Museum
Object number94.195.24H
Description1 drawing on paper ; image 5.375 x 4.375 in., on sheet 6.5 x 5 in.;Pencil drawing of people with stacked luggage in fields far away from barracks of concentration camp in the United States during World War II. Pile of trunks and baggage in foreground left. One figure holds a box on pile as six other figures approach stack. Mountain visible behind row of barracks with smoking chimneys in background. Numbers written on border.
May 26, 1942
Mitsuoka, Norio
ca. 1947-1948