2008.32.3.5
In Topaz
circa 1942-1943
4.875 in HIGH x 6.5 in WIDE
(12.38 cm HIGH x 16.51 cm WIDE)
(12.38 cm HIGH x 16.51 cm WIDE)
Gift of the Estate of the artist
2008.32.3.5
signed "Mine" in image, BR
"There was general lack of privacy everywhere. The thin or incomplete partitions in the stalls and the barracks made a single symphony of your own and your neighbors' loves, hates, and joys." - Text accompanying image in old non-archival housing (see object file)
TOM, "Mine Okubo: An American Experience," 1972.
Clich_s-verre on paper. The image shows a couple dancing on one side of a partition and a person unsuccessful in falling asleep on the other side.
Caption with image, "There was general lack of privacy everywhere. The thin or incomplete partitions in the stalls and the barracks made a single symphony of your own and your neighbors' loves, hates, and joys."
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