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"Smoking is very glamorous"

Poster
ca. 1974 (made)
Artist/Maker
American Cancer Society (issued by)
Place of origin
United States (made)

One in a series of posters which stressed the consequences of smoking, this deliberately ambiguous image debunks the long-established associations of cigarettes with glamour and sexuality particularly found in Hollywood movies.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
Title"Smoking is very glamorous"
Materials and techniques
black and white offset lithography
Paper
Ink
Brief description
"Smoking is very glamorous" American Cancer Society anti-smoking poster. USA, ca. 1974.
Physical description
Haggard old woman smoking a cigarette.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40.6cm
  • Width: 27.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
No.2163.01-LE
Credit line
Gift of the American Friends of the V&A; Gift to the American Friends by Leslie, Judith and Gabri Schreyer and Alice Schreyer Batko
Place depicted
United States
Summary
One in a series of posters which stressed the consequences of smoking, this deliberately ambiguous image debunks the long-established associations of cigarettes with glamour and sexuality particularly found in Hollywood movies.
Associated object
E.70-1974 (Duplicate)
Bibliographic reference
The Power of the Poster. Margaret Timmers, ed. London: V&A publications. 1998
Other number
LS.668 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1428-2004

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Record createdDecember 14, 2004
Record URL
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