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Sept 26 42, Wood for tables and chairs : Japanese Relocation Center, Heart Mountain, Wyo.
Maker
Ishigo, Estelle
(1899 - 1990)
Date1942
Mediumwatercolor, paper
DimensionsH: 9 3/4 in, W: 12 3/4 in
ClassificationsFine Arts
Credit LineJapanese American National Museum
Object number94.195.30
Description1 painting mounted on paper : watercolor ; 9 x 12 in., paper support 9.75 x 12.75 in.;Watercolor in hues of brown, yellow, blue, purple, and gray of people picking through a lumber pile looking for wood to make furniture. Two men in foreground, center right, carry lumber away from pile. At midground, one figure pulls a wagon full of lumber while another person pushes from behind toward four barracks on right side. One figure stands amid lumber pile in background left. Multihued mountains in background ; blue and white mountains visible on right. Brown hued sky.;Unmatted and unframed.
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Fukuhara, Henry
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Sagara, Tomojiro
circa 1941-1942