{"product_id":"ida-applebroog-mercy-hospital-hardcover","title":"Ida Applebroog: Mercy Hospital - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIda Applebroog\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2009 Ida Applebroog's (born 1929) assistants found a box marked \"Mercy Hospital.\" Inside was a series of drawings the artist made nearly 50 years ago, during a period of institutionalization after suffering a debilitating breakdown in San Diego in 1969. During this tumultuous period, Applebroog, by her own account, \"withdrew from the world entirely, for a period hardly able to speak at all.\" Instead she turned to drawing, producing works in graphite, India ink and watercolors, at times accompanied by text from authors such as Kafka and Freud. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe drawings oscillate between the figurative and the abstract, laying bare the female form and calling to mind art-historical precedents informed by psychopathology, particularly works produced in early and mid-20th-century France by the likes of Wols. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe publication of \u003ci\u003eMercy Hospital\u003c\/i\u003e, with a text by Jo Applin, is the first time that Applebroog's work from this period has been documented in full.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 10.2 x 8.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769828737312,"sku":"9781942607595","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8e7ee570c2d0e1ab75f501b19350baf9.webp?v=1780357851","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ida-applebroog-mercy-hospital-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}