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London Creativity and Wellbeing Week : 13-19 June 2016.
London Arts in Health ForumDate: [2016]- Pictures
An organic form in blue, pink and purple. Gouache by Margaret Parks, 1967.
Parks, Margaret, active approximately 1966-1967.Date: 19.1.67 [19 January 1967]Reference: 3025770iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
Organic shapes and forms in turquoise and black. Gouache by Margaret Parks, 1967.
Parks, Margaret, active approximately 1966-1967.Date: 23.1.67 [23 January 1967]Reference: 3020883iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
Organic flower-like forms in orange and shades of purple. Watercolour by Patricia Longdon, 1966.
Longdon, Patricia, active approximately 1966.Date: 3.10.66 [3 October 1966]Reference: 3000928iPart of: Adamson Collection- Pictures
A green background with an organic form running diagonally across it in orange and purple. Gouache by Margaret Parks, 1967.
Parks, Margaret, active approximately 1966-1967.Date: 9.1.67 [9 January 1967]Reference: 3020875iPart of: Adamson Collection