2008.32.9

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Mess Hall
Mess Hall
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
2008.32.9

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"Mine Okubo" - written in ink, BC
On backing board:"PC #10 Crate 2 Slot 10" - typewritten on paper attached at TC"(3) Evacuation / (Mess Hall in [illegible] / a bedlam of hungry / people [illegible] not / [growth] food" - written in graphite, BR
TOM, "Mine Okubo: An American Experience," 1972.





Black ink drawing on paper shows a group of people eating together. Men, women, and children are crowded together at long tables. A woman holds a plate with a piece of food in the foreground at bottom center and appears to be standing in line with other individuals across the lower left part of the composition.

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