Joseph for Joe.

  • Barnes, Mary, 1923–2001
Date:
1970
Reference:
3316834i
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About this work

Description

Finger painting showing a series of outline figures on a background of orange, purple, blue and green.

Publication/Creation

[London] : 1970.

Physical description

1 painting : oil on canvas ; 23.5 x 111.5 cm

Related material

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

Lettering

JOSEPH FOR JOE LOVE FROM MARY / Finger Painting Mary Barnes July 1970

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.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3316834i

Copyright note

All rights reserved.

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