painting

Date1942-1945

Mediumpaper

Dimensions15 1/4" x 22 1/4"

ClassificationsFine Arts

Credit LineJapanese American National Museum

Object number2015.100.8

DescriptionHorizontal watercolor painting of a countryside with green hills in the background and small homes at its base. In the foreground is landscape with trees, shrubs and flat ground in shades of dark green, olive green, tan and golden yellow. The homes have pitched A-frame roofs in various pastel colors. The sky is shades of blue with swirling clouds. An off white border (1/4 - 3/4" wide) is on all edges. Paper is embossed in LR corner (PWS Guaranteed Pure Paper). Note: item 2015.100.9 is painted on the reverse side.