Patton State Hospital, San Bernardino, California: Bruno, a psychiatric patient, repeatedly wets his face from the urinal and resents people watching him. Drawing by D.R. Wilder, ca. 1954.

  • Wilder, Dudley Raymond, 1916-1957.
Date:
[1954?]
Reference:
2046877i
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About this work

Description

Obsessive–compulsive disorder? Or because of the heat?

Publication/Creation

[1954?]

Physical description

1 drawing : pencil ; sheet 30 x 23 cm

Lettering

Bruno He says "Wy for you look at me all da time?"

Creator/production credits

One drawing of twelve in a sketchbook inscribed "Dudley R. Wilder". There is a record of a Dudley Raymond Wilder (1916-1957) who worked as a commercial artist in California from the 1930s to the 1950s and served as a staff sergeant in the US Marine Corps in 1943-1944. The quality of the drawings, and some of the military references, suggest they could well be by him, possibly in the last years of his life where confinement preceded an early death at the age of 41

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2046877i

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Where to find it

  • no. 10

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