Summary
Sculpture - Wood Relief Carving, circa 1970. Wooden sculpture depicting two figures with guns. Made by a patient at Mayday Hills Hospital, a mental health hospital in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia circa 1954-1980.
Physical Description
Flat piece of unfinished wood supported upright on a flat base. One side of upright piece has a border of inscribed text around a drawing in blue, red and green ballpoint pen of two kneeling soldiers with guns. The background around the figures has been carved away to form a relief. The piece appears unfinished.
Significance
Example of artworks created by patients in occupational threapy programs in mental health hospitals in Victoria Australia
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mayday Hills Hospital, 30 Sep 1992
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Inscriptions
Inscribed around border of upright, blue ballpoint pen: RAZBOIUL+ESTE+SPORTUL+ DETE RMINAT+IN+CON [Illegible.] JCTURA+PREZENTA+DATORIA+VOATRA+.
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Classification
Medicine & health, Mental health - occupational therapy, Products
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overall dimensions
30.5 cm (Length), 16.2 cm (Width), 29.2 cm (Height)
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Keywords
Artworks, Hospitals, Occupational Therapy, Psychiatric Hospitals, Making History - Psych Services
