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[Landscape architects beautify the camp, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California, 1942]
Maker
Miné Okubo
(1912 - 2001)
Date1942-1944
Mediumink, paper
DimensionsH: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Mine Okubo Estate
Object number2007.62.99
Description1 drawing on paper : ink ; image 9.25 x 13 in.;A woman with a flipped forelock of hair, Mine Okubo, observes two workmen helping to build a water park to beautify Tanforan. They are transplanting trees from wooden crates using planks and rollers. Dirt from the holes, sits in piles around them. A group of three men and one woman stand in the distance. One man leans on a shovel. Barracks and a truck are visible further in the background.
Fukuhara, Henry