Title:
Fresno Assembly Camp (Fresno Assembly Camp-Peaches)
Creator/Contributor:
Sugimoto, Henry
Date:
1942
Identifier:
92.97.67
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
Assembly Centers, Fresno
Inscription:
Signed in medium, bottom left corner: H. Sugimoto, Fresno Assembly Camp, 1942. Written on back: Fresno Assembly Camp/16"
x 13"
Description:
Still life of dish with three peaches on wooden folding table or stool. Dish sits on top of "Fresno Grapevine" newspaper;
pink coupon book in foreground; white ID tag for Sugimoto, "Sugimoto, S., No. 24907, Fresno Assembly Center," next to dish
on right. Stretched and framed.
Historical Note:
An apparently simple still life tells a complex story. An innocuous plate of peaches sits beside several other objects: a
copy of the Fresno Grapevine (a newspaper produced by Japanese Americans in the camp); the government-issued tag that identified
the Sugimotos by their assigned number, 24907; and a ration booklet that could be used to purchase items at the camp cooperative.
Subject:
Assembly Centers, Fresno
Fresno Assembly Center (Fresno, Calif.)
California
Still lifes
Tags
Peaches
Fresno Grapevine
Newspapers