'Bikini Ten years after "

Previous title, replaced January 2025: After the explosion of the nuclear bomb, a woman in a red dress stands in a dead forest in darkness, below the sun and the moon. Watercolour by M. Bishop, 1970.

Drawing of a woman in a red dress on a grey ground and a black sky with sun and moon shapes in white above. 'Bikini' likely refers to the US nuclear testing programme in the Bikini Atoll between 1946 and 1958. Creator's name, subject, and the date of creation are inscribed on the reverse, probably by Edward Adamson.

April 1970

1 painting poster paint on paper

Prior to Wellcome Collection, this work was stored in a folder on 1st floor, Reay House, Lambeth Hospital.

The title has been taken from wording on the object.