Study for Controlled Medicine
Artist
William C. Palmer
1906 - 1987
Date1935
Location where usedNew York City, New York, United States
Mediumink wash and pencil on paper
Dimensions13 1/2 in x 11 3/8 in
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1945.2.9
DescriptionStudy for the final panel in sequence of fourteen designed by Palmer for the DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICINE mural done under the auspices of WPA Federal Art Project in the incoming-outgoing patient area of Queens General Hospital; this portion shows several doctors, nurses and hospital personnel dressed in white in a hospital room under operating-type lights; one figure on the right holds a small child; in the front center is a high stool with a bowl on it. Signed lower centerOn View
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1880s
1860-95
CONGO
Dorothea Lange