Aura through the eye

Date:
28 April 1981
Reference:
SA/MAR/205
Part of:
Migraine Art Competition Collection
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Credit

Aura through the eye. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Description

Submitted to the First Migraine Art Competition (adult)
Main theme: Aura
Second theme: Pain & Sickness
Tags: Missing vision, distorted vision, visual disturbance, lines, patterns, prodrome, pain, female artist, children, family, lines, patterns, female figure.
Artist note: 'I have tried to portray the visual disturbance from which I suffer prior to a migraine attack, and the severe pain behind my right eye'.
Artist from the South East and London.

Publication/Creation

28 April 1981

Physical description

1 painting 22.5 x 28.0 cm

Notes

Date taken from year of submission to the Migraine Art Competition.
Title and description taken from documents provided by the donor.

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