"The Basse" (artwork)
- Date:
- 1940s
- Reference:
- PP/RSI/B/1/2/2/5
- Part of:
- Rita Simon Collection
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
A painting by psychiatric patient 12 depicting a head and shoulders with a black border. According to Rita Simon it was named "The Basse" by the patient in reference to herself, the base one. It was also partly a portrait of a nurse who persecuted her.
Reproduced in The Symbolism of Style fig 4.6, page 66.
The title has been taken from the caption used in Rita Simon's publication.
Rita Simon's classification: Archaic Linear
Publication/Creation
1940s
Physical description
1 artwork Bodycolour on paper 38.1 x 55.8 cm
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores