Smoking is very glamorous
Poster
ca. 1974 (made)
ca. 1974 (made)
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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
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| Title | Smoking is very glamorous (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | black and white offset lithography |
| Brief description | Poster, 'Smoking is very glamorous', American Cancer Society anti-smoking poster, USA, ca. 1974 |
| Physical description | Poster issued by the American Cancer Society featuring a haggard looking person smoking a cigarette. |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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| Other number | LS.668 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number |
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| Accession number | E.1428-2004 |
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| Record created | December 14, 2004 |
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