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Watch Tower, Rohwer Camp (?)
Maker
Henry Sugimoto
(American, 1900 - 1990)
Date1945
Mediumoil, canvas
DimensionsH: 13.5 in, W: 15.5 in, D: .5 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineGift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American National Museum
Object number92.97.43
DescriptionStretched and unframed;Watchtower stands on riverbank amid long grass on the right. The top of a structure appears just behind it at right center. At left, a bridge crosses a stream and ends at base of tower. In the background, trees recede into the distance left ending in a break where a ghostly outline of another watchtower appears.
Hashizume, Naokichi
1936-1939