Hand written in ink on back of canvas: "Rita Savarie 1965".
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
2005-1-1
Dimension Notes
Length 51.0 cm x Width 50.8 cm x Depth 0.3 cm
Condition Remarks
Minor fading; some paint smudged.
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
Oil painting on artists' prepared board; depicts the experience of electroshock therapy from the viewpoint of a child patient at Kingston Psychiatric Hospital in 1965.
Exhibit History
On display “History of Psychiatry” at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa L-2018-2; 20 March 2018 – 31 Dec 2019