COLLECTION NAME:
Artists' Book Collection
Record
Title:
For Seventy Years: Loyal to My Family
Creator:
Ishii, Keiko
Description:
Screenprinted collage of documents including a birth certificate and a map. A silhouette of a family portrait covers the left side of the piece. Across the upper right-hand corner runs handwritten words. Based on the Loyalty Test on Japanese internees in the United States during World War II. This government-issued questionnaire (February 1943) was taken by all adult internees in the camps to verify that they forswear allegiance or obedience to the Japanese emperor and are willing to serve in the United States military.
Subject:
Asian American artists
Subject:
Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945
Subject:
Women artists
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945
Publisher:
Ghosthouse Press
Date:
2004
Language:
English
Type:
Still Image
Extent:
1 sheet : color illustrations ; 37 x 50 cm, folded to 13 x 19 cm
Format/Medium:
Artists' books
Format/Medium:
Collages
Format/Medium:
Folded books
Format/Medium:
Screen prints
Source:
For Seventy Years: Loyal to My Family, in Artists' Books Collection at SCAD Library, Atlanta, Savannah College of Art and Design.
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Identifier:
b12620361
Identifier:
i11799043
SCAD Location:
SCAD Library (Atlanta)
