Boo-bah ascension day.

Barnes, Mary, 1923–2001

Date:: 1965-1970

Reference:: 3316807i

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About this work

Description

A poem by Mary Barnes written in red crayon with a figure drawn in crayon below.

Publication/Creation

1965-1970

Physical description

1 drawing : crayon on paper ; 118 x 56 cm

Contributors

Barnes, Mary, 1923–2001artist

Related material

Wellcome Collection also holds the Mary Barnes Archive, reference PP/MBA https://wellcomecollection.org/works/rpjx3pqx

Lettering

Boo-bah / ascension day / JOE hip-pip hooray! / I love you with the coolness of the moon / I love you with the burning heat of the sun / I love you with the pain and anger of my soul / I love you with the saints of heaven / I love you through the living cross / to the sacred heart of GOD. (written in red crayon) Mary Barnes (signed on the front in red crayon, along the lower left edge)

Copyright note

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3316807i

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in '20th Century Women' at The Gallery of Everything, London, 10 October 2021 - 14 November 2021.

Notes

The title has been taken from wording on the object.

Painted while Mary Barnes lived in Kingsley Hall, London, an experimental therapeutic community founded by R.D. Laing.