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    		• Asawa, Ruth,
     
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    		• Mussi Artworks Foundry,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Japanese
     
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    		• Figure group
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Jose
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Japanese American Internment Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Asawa, Ruth, 1926-2013, sculptor.
    Mussi Artworks Foundry, founder.
    Title: 
    Japanese American Internment Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1994. Dedicated March 5, 1994.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 ft. x 14 ft. 2 1/2 in. x 14 in.; Base: approx. 28 in. x 15 ft. 3 1/2 in. x 25 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Includes panels of text describing Immigration and Pre-War Life, Executive Order no. 9066 authorizing the prescription of military areas, an Army document issuing instructions to persons of Japanese ancestry, Hysteria of War, Camp Life and Post-War and Redress. Panels also include a map showing the location of the camps and a list of the camps by category. Monument also includes plaques of identification and acknowledgments) unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Bas-relief depicting the history of Japanese life in the United States, includes scenes of immigration, internment during World War II and current Japanese-American life. Text panels include documents ordering internment, a map of the camp, a list of the camps and historical background on all aspects of Japanese-American life.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- World War II
    Ethnic -- Japanese
    Figure group
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Jose
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States General Services Administration, 18th & F Streets, Washington, District of Columbia 20506
    Located Robert Peckham Federal Building, San Jose, California
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by the San Jose Public Art Program and was initiated by the Commission on the Internment of Local Japanese Americans, established by the City Council in 1983. The memorial was created with funds of $170,000 from the City of San Jose transit mall art fund and $42,000 raised by the local Japanese-American community. For additional information see: San Jose Mercury News, June 24, 1992, pg. 1; Dec. 14, 1993, p. 1C; March 3, 1994, p. 2B; and March 4, 1994, pg. 7B.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, California survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS CA000566
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