Title:
A Summer Day
Creator/Contributor:
Hibi, Hisako
Date:
6/1/1943
Identifier:
96.601.17
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
Description:
Unframed stretched canvas. Image of two girls/women walking, wearing hats. They are heading towards barracks and there is
a guard tower in the distance. There is also a mountain in the background.
Historical Note:
Two figures in orange hats and white tops stand together, situated within a landscape. Hibi depicts the figures with their
skirts and hair billowing behind them as they appear to make their way towards a barrack at the right. In the background
stands a guard tower and a row of poles which form a diagonal recession into space. The mountain in the distance is painted
in a smooth, sloping shape with a minute peak that falls in the center of the canvas. Hibi uses purple and grey tones to
create a muted and soft effect for the mountain. This is in opposition to her other paintings which depict the mountains
of Topaz with a great deal of modeling and highlighting.
Subject:
Concentration Camps, Topaz | barracks | mountain | women | guard tower | landscape