A foetus in a red womb, surrounded by darkness. Gouache by Janet Parker, 1966.

[Netherne, Surrey], 10.1.66 [10 January 1966]

1 painting : gouache ; sheet 55.7 x 45.7 cm

Birth! J. Parker. ... was thinking of the ... childbirth, black unknown child is coming into. South. Parker, Janet 10.1.66 Signed and inscribed "Birth!" by the artist in white paint on the recto, and inscribed by her indistinctly in ink with her interpretation on the verso (" ... was thinking of the ... childbirth, black unknown child is coming into"). The hospital building, the name of the artist and the date of the work are written on the verso by Edward Adamson

This work is untitled, the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.

Wellcome Collection 3010814i

Executed by Janet Parker at Netherne Hospital in Surrey, with support from Edward Adamson