2008.32.3.1

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(cleaning horse stalls, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
(cleaning horse stalls, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
1942
5.125 in HIGH x 6.625 in WIDE
(13.02 cm HIGH x 16.83 cm WIDE)
Gift of the Estate of the artist
2008.32.3.1

signed "Mine" in image, BC
Horse stalls had to be cleaned for human use - Text accompanying image in old non-archival housing (see object file)
TOM, "Mine Okubo: An American Experience," 1972.OMCA, Gallery of California Art, Open Space 1, "Min_ Okubo: Citizen 13660," May 1 - Aug. 1, 2010.





Clich_s-verre on paper. A female figure kneels and sweeps the floor with a small broom while holding her hand over her nose. A frowning male figure sits on a bed frame at lower right.

"It was no use just sitting there, so we went to work cleaning the stall. We took turns sweeping the floor with a whisk broom. It was the only practical thing we had brought with us." (p. 37, Citizen 13660) Caption with image, "Horse stalls had to be cleaned for human use."

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