Title:
Washing Dishes
Creator/Contributor:
Sugimoto, Henry
Date:
c. 1970
Identifier:
92.97.119
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
New York, N.Y.
Inscription:
Signed in medium, top right corner: H. Sugimoto. Washing Dishes / 32" x 26"
Description:
Unstretched and unframed. Three Japanese men work in a kitchen. Man in foreground stands with his back to the viewer as he
washes white dishes at large grey sink. He is dressed in blue shirtsleeves, white apron and a white towel tied around his
forehead. To his right is a stack of plates and a number of cups and saucers. In the background left, a man stands facing
the viewer dressed as a waiter with white jacket, black tie, a towel over his right forearm and a plate and utensils in hand.
On the right, with his back to the viewer, a man leans over a pot on the back left burner of a stove, stirrring the pot with
a spoon. Above him is a ventilating hood. He wears a white shirt, blue pants, white apron and hat. The backdrop is a yellow
wall.
Subject:
Tableware
Dishwashing
Waiters and waitresses
Cookery
Cooks
Labor