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The Five Sentinels
Date1943
Mediumpaper, watercolor
Dimensions24 1/4 x 19 3/8 in. (61.6 x 49.2 cm)
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineJapanese American National Museum
Object number2015.100.19
DescriptionWatercolor painting by Joe Nakanishi of a guard tower. The guard tower including supports, ladder, deck, enclosure with windows and doorway are detailed in shades of brown and gray. A hazy image of a guard standing in the doorway is visible. The tower is off center to the left with a purple-blue silhouette of Heart Mountain in the background. The foreground is brown dirt road. The sky is shades of blue streaking diagonally toward UR corner. Signed and dated in LR "Nakanishi Jul 43" with title "The Five Sentinels."
1943
1942-1945
1942-1945
1942-1945
Fukuhara, Henry
1942-1945
Fukuhara, Henry
1942-1945