Night Watch, Minidoka
Artist
Roger Yukata Shimomura
(American, born 1939)
Publisher
The Lawrence Lithography Workshop
(American, founded 1979)
Date2013-2014
MediumColor lithograph on paper
DimensionsImage: 28 × 38 inches (71.12 × 96.52 cm)
Sheet: 30 3/4 × 40 1/2 inches (78.11 × 102.87 cm)
Sheet: 30 3/4 × 40 1/2 inches (78.11 × 102.87 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jane E. Ratcliffe Coakley and John L. Coakley Jr.
Object number2014.47
SignedRoger Shimomura lower right margin in pencil
InscribedTitle, “Night Watch Minidoka” pencil bottom center margin, 12/52 pencil lower left margin
Edition/State/Proof12/52
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DescriptionDarkened building with nine lighted windows, (three on each of three floors). “The grey and brown colors of Camp Minidoka by day turn into a lovely theater of lights at night as the incarcerees complete another day of isolation from the rest of the country.” Roger Shimomura.. People leading different activities within each of the lighted windows .Copyright© Roger Shimomura
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