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The discovery of the art of the insane / John M. MacGregor

by John MacGregor

This pioneering study examines the history of the art of the mentally ill, tracing changing attitudes towards their work and analysing its significant influence on the development of modern art.

Accession 2170 ISBN 0691000360 Publisher Princeton University Press
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Adolf Wölfli (Swiss, b.1864, d.1930), Richard Dadd (English, b.1817, d.1886), Sammlung Prinzhorn
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