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Collection Artists

Ms St.

St. (weiblich), Collageband, um 1890, Inv. Nr. 3417 © Sammlung Prinzhorn, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
St. (weiblich), Collageband, um 1890, Inv. Nr. 3417 © Sammlung Prinzhorn, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

(verifiable in the private sanatorium Oberdöbling, Vienna).

Prof. Heinrich Obersteiner (1847-1922) sent Ms. St.'s pictures to Heidelberg around 1920 with the indication: "Ms. St., Dementia precox?". Her works are among the most unusual in the collection. She used a large number of tiny pieces of newsprint and wrapping paper to make collage strips up to 260 cm long, which she decorated with pencil, opaque colors and ink after gluing them together. Neither life data nor biographical details are known of the creator. She probably belonged to the wealthy upper class, as she was housed in the private "sanatorium for the mentally ill" in Vienna-Oberdöbling. The newspaper clippings she used date from 1890 and 1891.

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