The Attack
Portfolio TitleNisei Trilogy
Artist
Roger Yukata Shimomura
(American, born 1939)
Publisher
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
Date2015
MediumLithograph on Rives BFK white paper
DimensionsSheet: 18 1/2 × 27 inches (46.99 × 68.58 cm)
Image: 15 × 24 inches (38.1 × 60.96 cm)
Image: 15 × 24 inches (38.1 × 60.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of C. Richard and Evelyn Belger
Object number2023.40.73
SignedFaint, unclear signature under image
Edition/State/Proof1/50
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionHorizontal format. Written in pale grey against a black background on the upper left: "Pearl Harbor strips American citizenship – “non-aliens of Japanese ancestry” corralled." Below it, a brown bomb spurting yellow and red flames moves diagonally from the center to the lower left. In the right half, a section of a grey and black battleship surrounded by yellow and red flames and grey smoke. In the background at upper right, a red sun emitting red rays.ProvenanceC. Richard Belger and Evelyn Craft Belger, Kansas City, MO;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
Copyright© Roger Yukata Shimomura
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