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'Narcomafia'

Poster
1989 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Colour screenprint poster depicting a drug dealer in the guise of a bomber aircraft (marked with skull and crossbones) dropping bombs in the form of syringes onto the surface of the planet. An accompanying satiric verse by N. Balina translates as follows: To save our planet from disaster, Narcomafia appears to be the answer everywhere!
Signed, dated, and numbered 'Plakat 6679'.

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Title'Narcomafia'
Brief description
Russian anti-drugs poster, 'Narcomafia', by A. M. Alexandrovich and A. A. Markovich. Soviet Union, 1989.
Physical description
Colour screenprint poster depicting a drug dealer in the guise of a bomber aircraft (marked with skull and crossbones) dropping bombs in the form of syringes onto the surface of the planet. An accompanying satiric verse by N. Balina translates as follows: To save our planet from disaster, Narcomafia appears to be the answer everywhere!
Signed, dated, and numbered 'Plakat 6679'.
Collection
Accession number
E.969-1990

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Record createdFebruary 18, 2009
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