Title:
A Study #1
Creator/Contributor:
Hibi, Hisako
Date:
4/27/1945
Identifier:
96.601.42
Format:
painting
oil on canvas
Description:
Framed, stretched canvas. Portrait of an old man with grey hair, red shirt.
Historical Note:
This painting is one of the only known works of its kind done by Hisako Hibi while at Topaz concentration camp. Hibi did
not often paint figures in such great detail. People appear in her paintings diminished in size and lacking specificity.
Here the sense is that this is a unique individual, given the details of his face. Hibi portrays this man at a slight angle
from the chest up. It is significant that Hibi insists on including a view of the camp barracks in the background of this
figure. Thus, the context of camp frames this man's portrait.
Subject:
Concentration Camps, Topaz | barracks | mountain | portrait | man