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TITLE
"Topaz, Utah"
 
DESCRIPTION
"Topaz, Utah"

Dust storm around barracks. Oil painting by Sato.

Oil on canvas. 21 7/8" W x 17 3/4" H x 1 1/2" D
 
CONTEXT
Mitsu Sato, Born Aug 10, 1889, Ehime, Japan.

"The only time my grandfather ever painted was in camp -- never before and never after."
Nancy Sato, in Beyond Words: Images from America's Concentration Camps
 
CREDIT
Sato
Courtesy of National Japanese American Historical Society