Normal psychology patient 4 - "Buns for everyone" (artwork)

1 artwork identified by Rita Simon as normal psychology patient 4, with multiple pink circles titled "Buns for everyone". Inscription on verso (which has been crossed out) reads: "normal pre-school play group. Outspoken child, solidly busy".

"The three year old ... ran about with it saying that she had painted buns for everyone, found what she wanted to paint after it was done. Her title described what the picture finally looked and felt like to her". Quotation from Rita Simon taken from Symbolism of style p36.

Reproduced in The symbolism of style, fig.3.1., p32.

The title has been taken from the caption used in Rita Simon's publication.

Rita Simon's style classification: Archaic Transition.

1970s

1 artwork

A girl in nursery school in the 1970s. Referenced in The Symbolism of Style, p36-37.

This information is taken from conversations between Rita Simon and Wellcome staff between 1995 and 1997.

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