Patton State Hospital, San Bernardino, California: a psychiatric patient enjoys drinking a morning cup of coffee in the bathroom. Drawing by D.R. Wilder, ca. 1954.

  • Wilder, Dudley Raymond, 1916-1957.
Date:
[1954?]
Reference:
2046874i
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About this work

Description

Bert, wearing underpants, pats his abdomen and says "Ma-a-n, -- this is living!"

Publication/Creation

[1954?]

Physical description

1 drawing : pencil ; sheet 30 x 23 cm

Lettering

6 a.m. coffee club

Creator/production credits

One drawing of twelve in a sketchbook inscribed "Dudley R. Wilder". There is a record of a Dudley Raymond Wilder (1916-1957) who worked as a commercial artist in California from the 1930s to the 1950s and served as a staff sergeant in the US Marine Corps in 1943-1944. The quality of the drawings, and some of the military references, suggest they could well be by him, possibly in the last years of his life where confinement preceded an early death at the age of 41

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2046874i

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Where to find it

  • no. 7

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