The Camps
Portfolio TitleNisei Trilogy
Artist
Roger 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 number2023.40.74
SignedFaint, unclear signature under image
Edition/State/Proof1/50
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionFive rows of barbed wire between two upright posts. In the brown foreground, a small child rides a tricycle. In the background, low hills, above which rise red and yellow streaks of dawn or sunset. Written between the lines of barbed wire: "Our American eyes, aslant like Kamikaze, blink in disbelief as barbed wire encircles and machine guns take aim."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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