A girl in a bikini seated (artwork)

1 drawing by Psychiatric patient 1 "Heinz", depicting a girl in a bikini, seated in side profile, drawn in blue biro over pencil. On the reverse is the pencil outline of a figure, crossed out.

The title has been taken from notes made during conversations between Rita Simon and Wellcome staff between 1995 and 1997.

Rita Simon did not classify this artwork with a style.

c.1950

1 artwork Biro and pencil on paper. 37.7 x 27.5 cm.

The patient was a male German Jewish refugee working in the 1950s. He was paranoid and seemed to compensate for this through admiring Hitler and kept a photograph of Hitler on his person. "Heinz" attended therapy sessions once a week at a psychiatric centre. He had very precise English diction and sat very straight when drawing.

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