2008.32.8

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(movie watching in the grandstand, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
(movie watching in the grandstand, Tanforan Assembly Center, San Bruno, California)
1942
8.5 in HIGH x 12 in WIDE
(21.59 cm HIGH x 30.48 cm WIDE)
Gift of the Estate of the artist
2008.32.8

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"Mine Okubo" - written in ink, BC
On backing board:"#9" - written in graphite, TL"PC #14 Crate 2 Slot 14" - typewritten on paper attached at TC"Evacuation / (2) In early evening sunlight / Movies [illegible] & families / [illegible] go to the movies / made evacuees happy" - written in graphite, BROakland Museum exhibition label attached at TC
TOM, "Mine Okubo: An American Experience," 1972.OMCA, Gallery of California Art, Open Space 1, "Min_ Okubo: Citizen 13660," May 1 - Aug. 1, 2010.





Black ink drawing on paper shows a large group of people sitting inside a building. A film projector shows a movie on a small screen at top right in the distance.

"At eight o'clock it was still daylight. The sun shone brightly into the room and made the moving picture dim and formless. The idea of going to a show made us happy, even if we could not see the picture. The entrance fee was our mess card. Different nights were reserved for a different group of mess halls. (See p. 88, Citizen 13660 for variation on work)

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