Title:
At Fresno Assembly Camp Sumile was 6 Yrs Old [Sumile in Fresno Assembly Camp]
Creator/Contributor:
Sugimoto, Henry
Date:
1942
Identifier:
92.97.68
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
Assembly Centers, Fresno
Inscription:
Signed in medium, bottom left corner: H. Sugimoto/At Fresno Assembly Camp 1942 Sumile was 6 Yrs Old
Description:
Portrait of Sugimoto's daughter, Madeleine Sumile, as a young girl with white ID tag, "Name Sugimoto, H., No. 24907" fastened
to her blue-trimmed dress with a safety pin. Sumile wears a red bow in her hair and looks off to the left of the viewer. Stretched
and framed.
Historical Note:
In contrast to documentary words with generalized figures, some of Sugimoto's paintings from this period are skillfully executed
likenesses, rich in emotional content.
Subject:
Assembly Centers, Fresno
California
Sugimoto, Madeleine
Japanese Americans
Portraits
Tags
Girls