Title:
Goodbye My Son
Creator/Contributor:
Sugimoto, Henry
Date:
c1942
Identifier:
92.97.46
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
Denson, Ark.
Inscription:
Signed in medium, bottom right corner: H. Sugimoto. Written on back, top left corner: "Goodbye My Son"; top left: 32 1/2"
x 26"
Description:
Stretched and unframed. Image of soldier saying goodbye to parents at Block 23, Mess Hall. Elderly mother in brown dress and
white apron hugs her son in uniform as the father dressed in blue puts his arms around them and grasps son's hand. Son looks
directly at viewer. "Block 23" sign appears in left lower corner. In the background, a woman carries a basket of laundry in
front of barracks on the left; at right a soldier stands at back of pink truck marked "WRA" saying goodbye to parents standing
on ground. Behind stands a mess hall. In the distance a watchtower with a soldier rises above the buildings.
Subject:
Concentration Camps, Jerome
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Soldiers
Jerome Relocation Center (Denson, Ark.)
Arkansas
Block 23
Barracks
Mess halls
Men
Women
Parents
Sons
Japanese Americans
War Relocation Authority
Farewells