untitled (mesquite tree)
Artist
Tsuruoka Kakunen
(Japanese, 1892-1977)
CultureJapanese
Date1944
MediumWatercolor on paper
Dimensionssheet: 16 1/8 × 22 1/2 in. (41 × 57.2 cm)
Classificationsdrawings
Credit LineAckland Fund
Object number2019.30.1
DescriptionNearly all Kakunen's Poston paintings incorporate at least one barren mesquite tree. When viewed as a series, the gnarled mesquite seem to represent lonely figures that stand-in for all the emotions of an unjust incarceration.On View
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