A bent figure in front of a tall wall, topped with barbed wire.

  • Barnes, Mary, 1923–2001
Date:
4.5.68 [4 May 1968]
Reference:
3316824i
  • Pictures

About this work

Description

A bent figure in front of a tall wall, topped with barbed wire.

Publication/Creation

[London] : 4.5.68 [4 May 1968]

Physical description

1 painting : black paint on paper ; 99 x 76.5 cm

Related material

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

Copyright note

All rights reserved.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3316824i

Exhibitions note

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

Notes

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

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