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Creator's name and date of creation are inscribed on the reverse, probably by Edward Adamson.

Adamson Collection

Identified works created in Adamson's studios

Works by Birch, Martin

1 painting watercolour and gouache on paper

Drawing of human head on a round body with small wings

A man standing in front of a stag

Outline of two trees and two toadstools

Rounded lines in white and blue on a red ground

Outline of woman in red with outstretched arm and face of a man

Palm trees, leaves and fronds

Black jug and red fruit on a green ground

Outline of rabbit's face covered with red squiggles

Blue crucifixes on a red ground

Head and torso of a man in left profile

A black whorl-shape on a yellow ground

Patches of green, brown, black, yellow, orange and red

Outline of four faces in blue

Flowers, barbed wire and crucifixes in black and blue on a multicoloured ground

Red, blue and black patches

A circle containing fish shapes with the outline of a bird below

Head and torso of a man wearing a suit and tie with hands either side

"A cat under the influence of LSD"

Outline of two jagged shapes in black containing rounded, jagged and spiral patterns in red

"Groupings towards morality (hardwear)"

White cloud and lightning fork on a red ground

Black and grey lines on a blue and white ground

White droplets and strokes of brown and green on a red ground

"Flies"

"Phialogical determanism"

Straight and rounded squiggles and a foetus

Drawing of a human figure holding a sword and shield

Outline of two eyes in black on a red ground

Strips of various muted colours

Spiral shapes in black

A woman wearing a green head scarf and a black coat on a red and black ground

Green spiral shape on a pink and brown ground

A large teal eye with a black pupil on a pink ground

'Yes"

"Key: centres at which God may be concentrated upon"

"The Mind of Adamson?"

A path through three trees in black on a striped multicoloured ground

Prospero's epilogue abridged

"£sd"

"Mr A moves in a mysterious way his wonders to perform"

Head in left profile with small speech bubble

"Standing in the need of impregnation"

"Crye swinging a cat"

Outline of a male and a female figure shaking hands

"David"

'Dr Lion"

A pink and grey spiral with orange patches

Bird with a long bill against a brown and red ground

An onion shape with facial features

A skeleton on a black and orange ground

A yellow animal, possibly a dog or a lion, on a green ground

A lion with a large mane

An eye in the shape of a singing bird with red squiggles

"The death of Adamson"

A fox in the beak of an eagle

Two red humanoid figures embracing surrounded by radiating yellow lines

A skeleton raising its left hand

"Breaking through the Clouds"

Eyes and a nose

Two birds of prey looking down at a swaddled baby

An animal, possibly a cat or rabbit, with a gun aimed at its head

The head of a rabbit with two arrows pointing towards it

An elephant in gold

An elephant on a red ground

A bird of prey chasing a rabbit

"The Lamb of God"

Rounded head of a rabbit with four droplet shapes

Rounded head of a rabbit with droplet and spiral shapes

"The Lion of God"

A cat standing on its hind legs in yellow

A seated lion with a large mane

The head of a person with a sad facial expression under a wave shape with crescent moon and round sun shapes above

"The bum of the flightle bee"

A smiling face with a yellow halo

A viaduct over a river

Three animals, possibly a wolf, a dog and a rabbit, looking at a foetus within a circle

A coffin containing a foetus

The skeleton of an animal depicting skull, ribcage and pelvis

A sad face under a tent shape with circles above

A horned head, possibly a demon or the devil

A rounded smiling horned head

Face in the shape of a masquerade mask

Three stalks, or possibly a tree trunk, from which human heads emerge

Head of a man wearing a clown's hat and a halo

Droplet shape with facial features and black rays

Droplet shape with a spiral top and facial features

Facial features within concentric circles

An umbrella shape with facial features, raindrop shapes above and a chain below

A man with a pointed head wearing a jacket and bow tie, with two arrows pointing towards him

A potato-shaped head with a halo above, and an angel to the left

A dripping tap next to a circle with facial features and arms

Head with human and animal features, possibly a rabbit or a cat, with crucifix and star

Head and shoulders of a bald man

Head of a man wearing a clown's hat on a scalloped edge pillar

Head and torso of a person looking downwards

Head of an animal, possibly a dog, with horned ears

A man wearing spectacles in profile to left

Two men with bulbous heads, wearing shirts and ties

Head and shoulders of a person with curl shape at forehead

A smiling head in black, yellow, blue and red

Man's head with waves below

Droplet shape with facial features and surrounding spirals

Rounded inverted triangle shape with facial features with a scalloped edge

Abstract face in angular shapes

A cloud emerging from a flask, with inscriptions

Two parallel arrows in opposite directions

Three faces, one of them blowing a trumpet, with an arrow

A large eye in black with various rounded and rectangular shapes in background

"I'm a frog"

A face on a potato shape

A plant with the flower in the form of the head of a cat

An octopus and an eye

Figure of a man with his arms crossed behind his back, possibly as in a straitjacket

A man wearing a collar and tie, with an apple for his head

"The normalization of behaviour patterns"

"The normalization of periferal behaviour patterns"

'The pirate radio tuning into God"

"The Holy Spirit = Mouse descending on patient, and God"

"Yoga"

A person with a blank face, wearing a jacket and tie

A skull within concentric outlines

Head and shoulders of a smiling man

Rounded head of a woman

The head of a person, possibly wearing a hair covering and a rodent

Abstract face in angular shapes with rounded edges

A skeleton clutching its head

The head of a rabbit with two needles in its head

A long face drying

A car about to fall off a cliff into the sea representing the Art Department of Netherne Hospital

Long rounded shapes, possibly tadpoles swimming

"Is the art department doomed?"

Two vortices in red and an animal, possibly a seahorse

Heads and shoulders of two men, one wearing a hat

An embryo in the concentric outlines of the womb

The head of a fox

Abstract head of a man

Head of an animal, possibly a dog, with some human features

A man surrounded by flames holding a test tube, with a large calibrated tube in foreground and two heads to right

Black spiral shapes with black, red and yellow squiggles

Black lines and squiggles

Black spirals, lines and squiggles

Red, yellow and black squiggles

Faces in freely drawn black lines with red and yellow squiggles in ground

Rounded triangular shapes in black, yellow and pink

Black lines and squiggles with red and black crosses, and symmetrical foliate designs

"Peace"

A figure of a frog and the head of a crying woman

A bird of prey, possibly a vulture or an eagle, in profile to right

A bird of prey, possibly a vulture or an eagle, in profile to right

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