Title:
Thinking About Christ
Creator/Contributor:
Sugimoto, Henry
Date:
ca. 1943
Identifier:
92.97.83
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
Denson, Ark.
Inscription:
Written on back of canvas: Thinking About Christ/22" x 18"
Description:
On left, Jesus Christ bears cross on left shoulder as he passes behind a Japanese American man who bends under the weight
of a block of dark images of camp, a watchtower and a mess hall, on right. Christ is in white-blue with a halo. The other
man is in white short sleeves. In the foreground, a stalk of wheat apears in lower left corner, while a translucent open book
floats between Christ and the man in the center. In the background, three white crosses stand on a hill, visible through Christ's
cross. Stretched and framed.
Subject:
Christianity
Concentration Camps, Jerome
Jerome Relocation Center (Denson, Ark.)
Arkansas
Jesus Christ
Holy Cross
Men
Japanese Americans
Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945