Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Sugimoto, Henry
Title:
Washing Dishes
Collection Title Date:
1928-1990
Date:
c. 1970
Place of Origin/Discovery:
New York, N.Y.
Materials:
oil on canvas
Current Location:
Japanese American National Museum
Address:
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Object ID:
92.97.119
Provenance:
Gift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American
National Museum
Object Type:
Painting
Heading:
Inscription
Notes:
Signed in medium, top right corner: H. Sugimoto. Washing Dishes / 32" x 26"
Heading:
Description
Notes:
Unstretched and unframed. Three Japanese men work in a kitchen. Man in foreground stands with his back to the viewer as he washes white dishes at large grey sink. He is dressed in blue shirtsleeves, white apron and a white towel tied around his forehead. To his right is a stack of plates and a number of cups and saucers. In the background left, a man stands facing the viewer dressed as a waiter with white jacket, black tie, a towel over his right forearm and a plate and utensils in hand. On the right, with his back to the viewer, a man leans over a pot on the back left burner of a stove, stirrring the pot with a spoon. Above him is a ventilating hood. He wears a white shirt, blue pants, white apron and hat. The backdrop is a yellow wall.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf0t1n97r b

Washing Dishes