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"Good bye my son"
Artist
Henry Sugimoto
(American, 1900 - 1990)
MediumWoodcut print on paper
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Estate of Henry Yuzuru Sugimoto
Object number2015.7.89
DescriptionFramed and glazed. Image of a mother and father hugging their son in an army uniform.
This famous image captures the heartbreaking rupture of families, particularly parents from their sons who were of draft age. The image uses black and white, and the details of the barrack wooden walls and hay stacks stand out in the background.
The family, embracing each other with the son in the middle, indicate a sad parting before the son heads off to war.
This famous image captures the heartbreaking rupture of families, particularly parents from their sons who were of draft age. The image uses black and white, and the details of the barrack wooden walls and hay stacks stand out in the background.
The family, embracing each other with the son in the middle, indicate a sad parting before the son heads off to war.
Henry Sugimoto
Henry Sugimoto
Henry Sugimoto
Henry Sugimoto
Henry Sugimoto
Henry Sugimoto
Henry Sugimoto
Henry Sugimoto