Manikins (artwork)

1 drawing by Psychiatric patient 1 "Heinz". The descriptions of the artworks are taken from notes written by Wellcome staff during conversations with Rita Simon between 1995 and 1997:

23. Five figures similar to the ones in no. 20 with yellow faces and blue hats, perhaps representing trams, with numbers at the front e.g. "X47". They are riding over a blue and orange curve towards the viewer with green shadows of themselves in the foreground. Rita Simon Chapter 11, figure 11.9.

c.1950

1 artwork Pastel on paper.27.6 x 37.7 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.