Psychiatric patient 13 - "Dora"
- Date:
- 1960s-1970s
- Reference:
- PP/RSI/B/1/2/3
- Part of:
- Rita Simon Collection
- Archives and manuscripts
Collection contents
About this work
Description
8 artworks identified by Rita Simon's pseudonym "Dora". Nature and wildlife are common themes in the artworks. The artworks are discussed in Simon's book Symbolic Images in Art as Therapy (1997) pp82-89.
Publication/Creation
1960s-1970s
Physical description
8 artworks
Biographical note
A female alcoholic suffering from psychotic anxiety during the 1960s and 1970s when she was in her 40s.
This information is taken from conversations between Rita Simon and Wellcome staff between 1995 and 1997.