Shrimp Camp at Hunter's Point
Date1940
Artist
David P. Chun
American illustrator, etcher, and painter, 1898–1989
MediumLithograph
Dimensionscomposition: 10 × 14 in. (25.4 × 35.6 cm)
sheet: 12 1/2 × 18 3/8 in. (31.8 × 46.7 cm)
sheet: 12 1/2 × 18 3/8 in. (31.8 × 46.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Michael J. Ettner, 2026
Object number2026-1.49
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPRINT
Label TextBorn in Honolulu and trained in China, David Paul Chun created many prints for the California Federal Art Project depicting immigrant life and labor in San Francisco. In Shrimp Camp at Hunter's Point, Chun depicts a contemporary American scene – complete with streetlights and telephone wires – with sinuousmountains and a layered perspective evocative of Chinese landscape painting.
