Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Sugimoto, Henry
Title:
Uncle Ralph and Sumile in Camp Jerome
Collection Title Date:
1928-1990
Date:
ca. 1943
Place of Origin/Discovery:
Denson, Ark.
Materials:
oil on canvas
Current Location:
Japanese American National Museum
Address:
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Object ID:
92.97.79
Provenance:
Gift of Madeleine Sugimoto and Naomi Tagawa, Japanese American
National Museum
Object Type:
Painting
Heading:
Inscription
Notes:
Signed in medium, bottom right corner: H. Sugimoto. Written on back: "Uncle Ralph and Sumile" / in Camp Jerome / 23 1/2" x 19 1/2"
Heading:
Description
Notes:
A young soldier, Sugimoto's younger brother Ralph, stands on the right, next to a little girl, Sugimoto's daughter Madeleine Sumile. Sumile wears a red jacket over blue and white dress and a red, white and blue bow in hair. Both have eyes downcast. Behind then are leafless trees and in the distance barracks are visible. Stretched and unframed.
Heading:
Historical Note
Notes:
"My younger brother Ralph went into the U.S. Army. He fought on the European battlefield as one of the 442nd battalion. He was injured and received a Purple Heart...These nisei soldiers in the 442nd fought for their native land and also for the future welfare of all Japanese in this country." (Henry Sugimoto, draft of redress testimony given in 1981)
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf7p3005v k

Uncle Ralph and Sumile in Camp Jerome