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"Living Treasures" of New York - Jimmy Mirikitani (1920-2012)

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1999 - 2006
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Mirikitani was incarcerated at Tule Lake concentration camp in California for three and a half years during World War II. He shows himself sketching near Block 4 where he lived in 1943, with the words “Mirikitani artist” written alongside his figure.

All Rights Reserved. Artworks courtesy of Jimmy Tsutomu Mirikitani and Linda Hattendorf

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