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A healthy boy, protected from tuberculosis by fresh air and exercise. Colour lithograph by André Wilquin, 1942.
- Wilquin, André, 1899-
- Date
- [1942]
- Reference
- 525026i
- Pictures
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Licence
In copyright
Credit: A healthy boy, protected from tuberculosis by fresh air and exercise. Colour lithograph by André Wilquin, 1942. In copyright
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Description
In the foreground, a laughing boy with his arms raised in a "mouvement respiratoire" (Devinck) Background left, girls performing exercises out of doors; background right, children in a swimming pool; background centre, a school building. All, including the artist's signature, in a "modern" style of the 1930s
Publication/Creation
[Paris] : Ministère de la Santé Publique. Comité National de Défense contre la Tuberculose, [1942] (Paris (79 rue Dareau) : Imp. des Beaux-Arts)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 57.3 x 39 cm
Lettering
Sauvez la jeunesse! Achetez le timbre antituberculeux. La tuberculose est évitable. Wilquin. Ministère de la Santé Publique. Comité National de Défense contre la Tuberculose.
Publications note
Thierry Devinck, André Wilquin: publicités, Paris: Agence Culturelle de Paris, Mairie de Paris, 1991, no. 82 (giving date as 1942)
Lettering note
"Exonéré du droit de timbre" - lettering in right margin
Bears reference numbers: 100.000. 12/42 and V-V-12405
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 525026i
Type/Technique
Languages
- French