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Canteen #1
Artist
Hamaoka, Toshiki D.
Date1945
Mediumpaper, ink
DimensionsH: 12 in, W: 18 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Charlotte Opler Sagoff
Object number2002.142.9
Description1 ink drawing on paper: Eleven (11) inmates shopping in the canteen with nine (9) sales clerks. Aisle in the middle for customers to look around, counters hold some goods and cash registers with most items being on the shelves behind the counters. Wooden signs hanging from ceilings read from left to right, "Grocery," illegible sign, and "Hardware."
"T.D. Hamaoka 1945" written on bottom left corner with black ink. On bottom right corner of matte in graphite pencil, "Canteen #1" / illegible / "Dick. T. Hamaoka"
"T.D. Hamaoka 1945" written on bottom left corner with black ink. On bottom right corner of matte in graphite pencil, "Canteen #1" / illegible / "Dick. T. Hamaoka"
Watanabe, Gunji
ca. 1936-1937
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