painting

Date1943

Mediumpaper, watercolor

Dimensions24 1/2 x 19 1/2 in. (62.2 x 49.5 cm)

ClassificationsFine Arts

Credit LineJapanese American National Museum

Object number2015.100.18

DescriptionWatercolor painting by Joe Nakanishi of a man on a tractor on a dirt road. Small view of Heart Mountain in the background to the right. View is from the ground up so the wheels are enlarged. Inside engine/motor parts are visible and sharply detailed. The tractor is painted in shades of gray. The man seated on the tractor is wearing a forest green hat and jacket and brown pants. In the background are telephone poles bending diagonally. The ground is in shades of brown. The sky is shades of blue. In the far distance are a row of barracks. In LR corner is a wiry olive green shrub. Signed and dated in LR corner "Nakanishi Jul 43".