A bottle of vodka standing in a field of wheat in which there are bottle-shaped clearings; representing the loss of wheat from bread-making to vodka production due to alcoholism. Colour lithograph after I. Mailītis, 1987.

  • Mailītis, Ivars.
Date:
1987
Reference:
997455i
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Description

The clearings are black and the sky is sombre

Publication/Creation

Riga : "Avots", 1987 (Riga (226004 Riga, Vienības gatve 11) : Iesplests Rīgas Paraugtipogrāfija)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 87.5 x 57.7 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Maize vai alkohols. © "Avots" 1987 Translation of lettering: Bread or alcohol The bottle is labelled "Pshenichnaia vodka", one of the most popular brands of vodka in the Soviet Union, made from wheat Bears reference nos. including: Izdevn. no. 385/Ua-1801 20.11.86 JT 01392

Edition

Metiens: 12 924 eks.

Creator/production credits

"Makslinieks: Ivars Mailītis. Maksl. red. V. Ivanovs. Tehn. red. A. Jurkāne"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 997455i

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