So many homeless people in the world and this amazing building is falling into decay. What a waste.

How old is this art work, why is the paper still white and not yellowed?

Heaven and hell depiction? Reminds me of the dutch artist ( though crudely) Heironymous Bosch

I'm of the impression that the art work was made by a patient ( some art therapy). It was so good that they hung it the administration office, they were proud of this patient's talent. The subject matter may have been a patient's experience or depicted stories this patient had heard about from family or friends or perhaps books that moved the artist.

I'm not seeing a cotton plantation; I;m not getting a feeling of sadness from the image. It looks like women doing women's work, in a congenial atmosphere, one seems to be smiling directly at the observer. Could represent a village in Africa or Italy,Greece where the women gathered to wash the clothes.

Art is subjective and always appeals to the observer's life experiences
despite an artists intentions . It invokes feelings from the observer; I guess that is what it did that necessitated a few observers to destroy it. I now wonder at the numerous artworks through the century that no one will ever see because some ancient observer had the same reaction.