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Health is Wealth

Poster
1953 (dated)
Artist/Maker
United Nations (publisher)
Atar, Genève (printers)
Games, Abram (designer)
Place of origin
Geneva (printed)

'Health is Wealth', poster for the United Nations World Health Organization. The design features the half-length figure of a man in shadow, with his hands held out before him, shown as larger in proportion showing their close proximity to the viewer. His hands are cupped and holding cereal seeds, such as wheat, which spill and fall. The composition is entirely in blue and olive, with black areas. Above this image is the message, 'Health is Wealth', in red letters, and below the figure, 'United Nations', and in a larger font, 'World Health Organization'.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Propaganda
Health
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleHealth is Wealth (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Paper
Ink
Lithography
Brief description
'Health is Wealth', poster designed by Abram Games, for the United Nations World Health Organization, Switzerland (Geneva), 1953
Physical description
'Health is Wealth', poster for the United Nations World Health Organization. The design features the half-length figure of a man in shadow, with his hands held out before him, shown as larger in proportion showing their close proximity to the viewer. His hands are cupped and holding cereal seeds, such as wheat, which spill and fall. The composition is entirely in blue and olive, with black areas. Above this image is the message, 'Health is Wealth', in red letters, and below the figure, 'United Nations', and in a larger font, 'World Health Organization'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 77.3cm
  • Width: 58.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'HEALTH IS WEALTH' (Above the image, red letters)
  • 'UNITED NATIONS / WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION' (Below image, red letters)
  • 'A. GAMES.' (Artist's name, green, immediately to the right of the image)
  • 'WHO-PI2 - IMPRIMÉ EN SUISSE' (Publishers information, lower left corner, at edge)
  • 'ATAR, GENÈVE' (Printer's information, lower right corner, at edge)
  • 'DURLETTE AUSGESCHIEDEN / KUNSTGEWERBSMUSEUM DER STADT ZURICH / PLAKATSAMUNG' (Stamped lower left verso side of poster)
  • KUNSTGEWERBEMUSEUM d. STADT ZURICH' (Stamped lower left verso side of poster, circular stamp with shield and crown at centre)
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
Production
Dated in pencil verso
Subjects depicted
Health
Plenty
Prosperity
Education
Figures
Men
Hands
Wheat
Seeds
Shadow
Other number
LS.2069 - Leslie Schreyer Loan Number
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.892-2004

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Record createdJuly 14, 2006
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O126059/health-is-wealth-poster-games-abram/
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