The hospital looms above the city like a giant fortress. Robert treats sky, trees and buildings with delicate cross-hatched lines. Hospital and car produce conspicuous inky shadows, linking these two elements together. Perhaps the hospital will play a role in the lives of one of the unsuspecting passengers. A couple sit in front with three children in back, the same numbers as the family in which Robert grew up. The image is oddly symmetrical. The elements seem tiered on top of one another, leading to a hastily drawn bird. Its flight accesses space and life beyond the precincts of the hospital walls.
Study for Hospital and City