ID: 700008348 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008348	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Myra (acrylic painting (visual work); Marcus Harvey (English, born 1963); 1995; New Canaan (Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, North and...)

Note: Marcus Harvey’s “Myra” is a large size portrait of infamous English serial killer, Myra Hindley, who along with her accomplice, Ian Brady, were convicted of the infamous Moor Murders in 1960s Manchester, England. The image is based on the well-known police photograph taken of her either upon her incarceration in 1965, or during her trial in 1966. At first glance, the image appears to be a blurred version of the photograph, but upon closer inspection, Myra’s image is revealed to be comprised of children’s handprints, taken from a plaster cast of a child’s hand used as a stamp. “Myra” instantly caused controversy because of its subversive nature when it was included in the exhibition “Sensation” in 1997, and it has been vandalized twice. As of 2006, the painting is now owned by U.S. commodities trader Frank Gallipoli.

Titles:

Myra (preferred,C,U,I,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

acrylic painting (visual work) [300181918] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, paintings (visual works), <paintings by material or technique>)

Classifications:

paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1995

Creator Display:

Marcus Harvey (English, born 1963) [preferred,VP]

painter Term Not Found [50005740]

Locations:

Current: New Canaan [7014200] Fairfield county (county), Connecticut (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Other: Former: Saatchi Collection (London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom) [500301973] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: acrylic paint on canvas

	Term Not Found
	....... (AAT Candidate)

	Term Not Found
	....... (AAT Candidate)

Dimensions: 11 x 9 feet

Events:

exhibition: Sensation, Royal Academy of Art in London, 1991-09-08 - 1991-12-28

Cultures:

European (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Young British Art [300263412] (preferred,style)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, <international post-1945 styles and movements>, <post-1945 fine arts styles and movements>)

General Subject:

portraits (preferred,isness)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Hindley, Myra (English criminal, 1942-2002) [500356080]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	criminal [300025837]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by activity>) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
Myra	........ [VP]
	........ Adams, Sensation (1997) 87, 198

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Sensation Sparks New York Storm, BBC News [online], (1999) accessed 14 Janaury 2014

....................... Adams, Sensation (1997) 198

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Adams, Sensation (1997) 198
	..... Ruiz and Buck, Where Did All The Sensation Art Go?," Bad At Sports (2008-) accessed 14 January 2014
	..... Sensation Sparks New York Storm, BBC News [online], (1999) accessed 14 January 2014