Title:
Stormy
Creator/Contributor:
Hibi, Hisako
Date:
6/1/1943
Identifier:
96.601.12
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
Description:
Unframed stretched canvas. Image in brown and gray colors of two men talking between two telephone poles. There are barracks
and a mountain in the background.
Historical Note:
This work provides a partial view of Topaz concentration camp from an elevated vantage point. Hibi positions the viewer looking
down upon this open space bordered by rows of barracks. Two figures walk together in the foreground while a large bird appears
in the far right corner. The mountain range stretches across the background below the billowing dark clouds in the sky.
This landscape is typical of Hibi's camp paintings in that it provides a view onto the camp which is depicted as empty and
stark. Only two small figures appear in the scene, quietly making their way across this muddied area.
Subject:
Concentration Camps, Topaz | barracks | mountain | truck | field