Painting, Watercolor

Name/Title

Painting, Watercolor

Entry/Object ID

1994.112.3.2

Description

Watercolor painting by Kango Takamura. It is one of twelve in a collection titled, "Early Days of Manzanar School, Fall 1942" that was presented to Dr. Genevieve Carter, Superintendent of Education at Manzanar War Relocation Center. It is captioned: "Did you ever see such individual dress attire? This is a high school gym class I ran into on the dusty field next to Block 7. Facing each other in circle, they would clap their hands, say something, laugh. Off in the corner another class dashing by in a cloud of dust. But school is wonderful."

Collection

Genevieve W. Carter Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Takamura, Kango

Role

Artist

Date made

1942