painting

Date1942-1945

Mediumpaper

Dimensions3 3/4 x 6 in. (9.5 x 15.2 cm)

ClassificationsFine Arts

Credit LineJapanese American National Museum

Object number2015.100.29

DescriptionPostcard size painting of a guard tower up against a hill rising to the right with craggy mountain top in dark brown. The hillside and ground in foreground are shades of green. There is a barbed wire fence and short wooden fence in the foreground at the base of the guard tower. In the background is a white peaked mountain. Power poles are lined on both sides of guard tower and are connected by wires. The sky is shades of blue with blue and white fluffy clouds. Small portions of the beige paper are unpainted on sides and bottom edges.