Author: Jakab, Irene.
Title: Dessins Et Peintures Des Alienes: Analyse Au Point de Vue Psychiatrique Et Artistique.
Description: Budapest, Hungary: Akademiai Kiado, 1956. 1956. - Octavo, gray cloth in a dust wrapper. The binding is lightly bumped with some light spotting to the covers. The head & tail of the spine are creased. The dust jacket is rubbed & chipped with light soiling to the rear panel. There is a long tear to the tail of the jacket spine. 147 & [1] pages. Illustrated with color plates, including a folding plate, and with profuse black-and-white textual illustrations. Good.

First edition.

A study of paintings and drawings by schizophrenics, manic depressives and hallucinating alcoholics. The illustrations are from the collection of a Hungarian mental hospital. Painter Francois Martyn was artistic adviser on the book. The text is in French. Good .

Keywords: ART; PSYCHIATRY; MENTAL ILLNESS; MENTAL PATIENTS; DRAWINGS; PAINTINGS; DESSINS ET PEINTURES DES ALIENES: Analyse au point de vue psychiatrique et artistique; IRENE JAKAB; ARTISTIC ADVISER; FRANCOIS MARTYN; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; HUNGARIAN MENTAL HOSPITAL;

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