Japanese Internment Camp
Artist
Jerry R. West
(American, born 1933)
Date2009
Mediumoil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 42 x 46 in. (106.7 x 116.8 cm)
Support: 42 x 46 in. (106.7 x 116.8 cm)
Frame: 44 x 48 x 2 3/16 in. (111.8 x 121.9 x 5.6 cm)
Support: 42 x 46 in. (106.7 x 116.8 cm)
Frame: 44 x 48 x 2 3/16 in. (111.8 x 121.9 x 5.6 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of Meridel Rubenstein, 2011
Object number2011.5
DescriptionA painting of the old Civilian Conservation Corps Camp that was turned into a detention facility for Japanese American men. Includes an image of West’s father and uncle on horseback. Both were guards at the camp and as a youngster, West visited them.eMuseum Notes
Jerry West’s oil painting Japanese Internment Camp depicts the old Civilian Conservation Corps Camp that was turned into a detention facility for Japanese American men during World War II. The painting includes an image of West’s father and uncle on horseback. Both were guards at the camp and as a youngster, West visited them at work.
On View
Not on viewMark Markov Grinberg
1934 (printed later)