Hitler, Goering and other Nazis with skull and cross bones / Ten heads, including Neville Chamberlain and Hitler (artwork)

Two drawings by Psychiatric patient 1 "Heinz".

Image on obverse: Hitler and Goering at the front of a crowd of saluting Nazis, with yellow and red swastika flags in the background. A skull and cross bones is to the right of the main image, in top right corner. Signature on bottom right: H, dated 1950.

Image on reverse: sketches of ten heads in charcoal, one appears to be Neville Chamberlain, and on the left of the image are three heads of Hitler. Also written on the reverse is "neurotic"

The title has been supplied by the cataloguer, based on from notes made during conversations between Rita Simon and Wellcome staff between 1995 and 1997.

Rita Simon's style classification: Traditional linear.

1950

2 artworks (1 sheet) Pastel and charcoal on paper. 27.5 x 37.8 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.