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1960 Press Photo Finger-painting entitled "My Nightmare" by a mental patient

Finger-painting entitled "My Nightmare"; Demon-like character is supposed to represent patient. The painting looked like something out of a nightmare. And it was just that. It was a mental patient's interpretation of a nightmare through which he had fought his way night after weary night. In vain the patient had tried to tell psychiatrists at Southeast Louisiana Hospital about his nightmare. Have you ever tried to put a nightmare into words? Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches. Photo Is dated 1960.

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