Left sided orchidectomy II.

  • Landy, Michael, 1963-
Date:
2005
Reference:
3198168i
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About this work

Description

Pencil drawing of the artist's groin, showing the scar resulting from surgery to remove the left testicle (an orchidectomy) due to cancer.

Publication/Creation

[United Kingdom], 2005.

Physical description

1 drawing : colour pencil on paper ; sheet 75.7 x 56.8 cm, frame 77.7 x 63.7 x 3.7 cm

Contributors

Notes

One of 5 drawings Michael Landy made of his surgical scar, another in the series - Left Radical Orchidectomy - is held in the British Museum.
Title provided by the artist.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3198168i

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in "Medicine Now", at Wellcome Collection, London, 21 June 2007 - 22 April 2019.
Exhibited in "Michael Landy. Out of Order", at Museum Tinguely, Basel, 8 June - 25 September 2016.

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