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Artwork - Fabric, Ink, circa 1970
Reg. No: SH 923189
- Summary:
- Artwork of ink on fabric created by a patient at Mayday Hills Hospital, a mental health hospital in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1970
- Description:
- A piece of standard-issue canvas with thin blue stripe; hems on four sides have been unpicked. The cloth has been covered with red writing within squares drawn with blue ink. The writing may be in a middle-European language; each letter has been blocked and there are no spaces between the words. The words 'Carmenia Octamum' are written in green ink as part of the heading for the work.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Mayday Hills Mental Hospital, 1992
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 91.00 cm (Height), 78.00 cm (Length) |
More information
| Tagged with: | art, mental health, mental health institutions, occupational therapy, psychiatric hospitals |
| Themes this item is part of: | Psychiatric Services Collection, Medicine in Society Collection, Public Life & Institutions Collection |
| Primary Classification: | MEDICINE & HEALTH |
| Secondary Classification: | Mental Health - Occupational Therapy |
| Tertiary Classification: | materials |
| Inscriptions: | Inscribed one side, ink "F.2" (Female Ward 2). |
| Place & Date Made: | Mayday Hills Mental Hospital, Beechworth, Victoria, Australia, circa 1970 |
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