Title:
To Find a Job
Creator/Contributor:
Sugimoto, Henry
Date:
1950
Identifier:
92.97.107
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
New York, N.Y.
Inscription:
Signed in medium, bottom left corner: Henry Sugimoto, 1927. Written on back: 32"x26"/ To find a job
Description:
Focal point of image is a bearded Japanese man wearing hat and dull blue buttoned suit over blue shirt walking on railroad
tracks toward Hanford, right. He holds a tied white rectangular bundle with kanji, "Beikoku yuki" (going to America), by handle
in right hand as he carries a large white bundle strapped across his back; coffee pot, pan, and cup hangs from rope around
bundle. A piece of paper protrudes from one pocket while the other bulges with some object. Behind him, in upper left corner,
a white road sign indicates directions to Laton and Hanford. A short distance away, a fence runs parallel to the tracks. At
midground a white horse grazes on reddish tan ground. In the far distance at right, a religious statue stands before a church.
Trees line the horizon under a dark, overcast sky. Stretched and framed.
Subject:
Men
Suits
Luggage
Horses
Churches
Hanford, Calif.
Unemployed
Job hunting
Emigration and immigration
Japanese