Renee-- "When they told me I was HIV positive, I lay on my bed and cried and cried ..." [art original].

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Title: Renee-- "When they told me I was HIV positive, I lay on my bed and cried and cried ..." [art original].
Creator: Coe, Sue, 1951-, artist
Contributor: Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library).
Published / Created: [2006].
Publication Place: New York
Description: Title from item.
Signed and dated by the artist lower right: Sue Coe 06.
In pencil, margin lower left: Prison Journal.
Caption below image: Renee -- "When they told me I was HIV positive, I lay on my bed and cried and cried, I cried all day and all night. The women who were also positive stood around my bed and told me they had it too, and it would be alright. I cut my finger, and then licked the blood -- I had to understand that my blood was infectuous."
Part of "Through Her Own Eyes," a series focusing on the plight of HIV positive female prisoners.
This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Provenance: Purchased through the John F. Fulton Fund from Galerie St. Etienne, 2006.
Extent: 1 drawing : image 21.5 x 41.5 cm, on sheet 32.0 x 58.3 cm
Language: English

Access: Public
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Citation: Sue Coe, Renee--"When They Told Me I Was HIV Positive, I Lay on My Bed and Cried and Cried." Yale Medical Library. Historical Library, Yale University. New Haven, CT.