Tuberculosis patient 10, man in a chair (artwork)
- Date:
- 1940s
- Reference:
- PP/RSI/B/1/5/9
- Part of:
- Rita Simon Collection
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
1 artwork identified by Rita Simon's pseudonym "Tuberculosis Patient 10" which shows a figure seated in a chair. The figure is not fully represented but focuses on the limbs, head and neck only.
The title of the artwork was supplied by the cataloguer for identification purposes.
Rita Simon classified the artwork as Archaic Linear.
Publication/Creation
1940s
Physical description
1 artwork Pencil on paper, 27.7 x 37.8 cm.
Biographical note
Rita Simon described this patient as: "A rather marvellous, regressed patient. An educated civil servant, with terrible feelings of weakness and dying."
This quote is taken from conversations between Rita Simon and Wellcome staff between 1995 and 1997.
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores