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Harvest at Heart Mountain
Copyright JANM
Copyright JANM

Harvest at Heart Mountain

Maker (1899 - 1990)
Date1943
Mediumpaper, watercolor
Dimensions14 1/2 x 20 7/8 in. (36.8 x 53 cm)
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineJapanese American National Museum
Object number2015.100.13
DescriptionHorizontal watercolor painting of people harvesting crops at Heart Mountain. Women in large sun bonnets are working with hoes in the rows of crops. They wear brown pants and blue or rusty red tops. Men carrying empty and filled barrels. The men are dressed in black and wear black hats. Yellow barrels with brown stripes are filled with produce and stacked or lying empty on the ground. In the background is a small white house, 2 people walking by purple-blue and tan mountains and blue sky. Signed and dated in LR corner "Estelle Ishigo 9-43." Title written in pencil in LL corner "Harvest at Heart Mt."

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