A man contemplating a glass of wine, with a half-empty bottle in front of him, urged to consider the effect of his alcoholism on his children. Colour lithograph after G. Hage, ca. 1960 (?).
- Hage, Gérard.
- Date:
- [1960?]
- Reference:
- 675412i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
Apparently based on photographs which are dramatised through emphatic colouring in grey, blue and red. Fillaut et al. describe this as an increasingly rare example of advertising through a negative stereotype
Publication/Creation
[France] : [publisher not identified], [1960?] (Paris (8, R. d'Alexandrie, Paris (2e) : Michels Fils)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 78.4 x 57 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Bois moins. Pense à tes enfants. Gérard Hage
References note
Thierry Fillaut et al., Quand la santé publique s'affiche: 50 ans, 50 affiches, 1945-1995, Rennes 1995, no. 27 (reads author's name as Mage instead of Hage)
Reference
Wellcome Collection 675412i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores