Smoking Is Very Glamorous
Poster
1972 (published)
1972 (published)
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This is one of a series of posters that stressed the consequences of smoking. The raddled, unhealthy woman's face debunks the long-established associations of cigarettes with glamour and sexuality found particularly in classic Hollywood movies and mainsteam advertising of the early to mid-20th century.
Object details
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| Title | Smoking Is Very Glamorous (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Offset lithograph |
| Brief description | Poster issued by the American Cancer Society entitled 'Smoking is very glamourous'. USA, 1972. |
| Physical description | Portrait format poster. Black and white image of a person with short black hair smoking a cigarette. The face looks raddled, tired, and sick. Beneath, the caption. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Credit line | Given by Mark Haworth Booth |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
| Summary | This is one of a series of posters that stressed the consequences of smoking. The raddled, unhealthy woman's face debunks the long-established associations of cigarettes with glamour and sexuality found particularly in classic Hollywood movies and mainsteam advertising of the early to mid-20th century. |
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| Accession number | E.70-1974 |
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| Record created | March 7, 2003 |
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