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Henry Sugimoto Collection

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Henry Sugimoto, "Untitled (Coal Miners)"

Many years after the war, Sugimoto went back and created works to honor the Issei. This painting, and those that follow, show the activities and the experiences of the Issei before the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

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Henry Sugimoto, "Untitled (Coal Miners)"
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Split imagery of life in coal mine and world above. One man shovels coal, right foreground, while another raises a pickaxe above coal in wall on left. Behind them one … More »


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