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Sheets, Tony,
Honda, Janet,
Milerson, Mark,
Ethnic -- Japanese
Figure group -- Family
Architecture -- Boat
Dress -- Ethnic
History -- United States
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
Relief
Sculpture
Issei No Yume, (sculpture).
Artist:
Sheets, Tony, 1942- , sculptor.
Honda, Janet, assistant.
Milerson, Mark, fabricator.
Title:
Issei No Yume, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Issei Dream, (sculpture).
Dates:
1987.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: slate, tile.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. x 4 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 18 in. x 4 ft. 1 in. x 3 ft.
Inscription:
SHEETS (On one side of sculpture is a poem written in Japanese) signed
Description:
Bronze column in the shape of a ship's smokestack. Around the column are full-length relief figures of Japanese immigrant families. The immigrants are dressed in traditional Japanese dress and Western dress. They are leaning against a ship's railing. On the front of part of the railing is a large number "3". Behind it stand a man holding an infant. The sculpture stands on a slate and tile base.
Subject:
Ethnic -- Japanese
Figure group -- Family
Architecture -- Boat -- Detail
Dress -- Ethnic -- Japanese Dress
History -- United States -- Immigration
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- Los Angeles
Relief
Sculpture
Owner:
Tokyo Villas, 222 South Central Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90012
Remarks:
The sculpture was commissioned by Bob Honda, developer of Little Tokyo Villas as a memorial and expression of thanks to the Issei (Japanese immigrants). The portrait of the family standing behind the "3" is based on photographs of Honda's family. Other portraits are also included in the sculpture. The English translation of the Japanese poem on the sculpture is: "Our Forefathers, the Issei, Leaving their mother land to America, Full of hope in their future." IAS files contain copy of related excerpt from Michael Several's "Little Tokyo, The Public Art of Los Angeles Part 2", pg. 21-23. IAS files contain copy of related Tokyo Villa fact sheet.
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 CA001338
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CA001338
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