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Mosquitos and flies in the barracks, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
Miné Okubo1942-1944
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, United States
A woman in a cross-patterned shirt, Mine Okubo, paints at a desk while swarms of mosquitos and other insects fly towards her through the open window. Her canvas is propped on two stacked books. A jar of water holding a brush sits to her right and a lamp hangs overhead. Mine turns from her work to face the viewer. Six canvases lean against the wall under the window and an abstract print hangs on the wall. A partial view of a bed is visible in the foreground.
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- Title: Mosquitos and flies in the barracks, Central Utah Relocation Project, Topaz, Utah, 1942-1944
- Creator: Mine Okubo
- Creator Lifespan: 1912-2001
- Date Created: 1942-1944
- Location Created: Topaz (Central Utah)
- Physical Dimensions: H: 9.25 in, W: 13 in
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: Japanese American National Museum. For licensing and reuse, contact JANM.
- External Link: Mine Okubo Collection
- Medium: ink, paper
- Credit Line: Japanese American National Museum (Gift of Mine Okubo Estate, 2007.62.188)
- Context: This is one of 198 ink drawings Mine Okubo included in Citizen 13660, her graphic memoir, which was the first of its kind and captured her experience at Tanforan and Topaz, during the two years in which she was incarcerated.
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