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Smoking Is Very Glamorous
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Smoking Is Very Glamorous
- Object:
Poster
- Place of origin:
USA, USA (published)
- Date:
1972 (published)
- Artist/Maker:
American Cancer Society (publisher)
- Materials and Techniques:
Offset lithograph
- Credit Line:
Reproduced courtesy of the American Cancer Society
- Museum number:
E.70-1974
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case MB2B, shelf SH39, box GG60IV
This is one of a series of posters that stressed the consequences of smoking. The sexually ambiguous image of a raddled, unhealthy face debunks the long-established associations of cigarettes with glamour and sexuality found particularly in classic Hollywood movies.
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