A man experiencing mild electric shock caused by his fiddling with a screwdriver in the back of television set. Colour lithograph for the Vereinigung der Metall-Berufsgenossenschaften, 2002.

  • Vereinigung der Metall-Berufsgenossenschaften.
Date:
[2002]
Reference:
771813i
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About this work

Description

The film on television is a crime mystery featuring a murderer wielding a knife, hence the play on words excitement/voltage

Publication/Creation

[Germany] : Vereinigung der Metall-Berufsgenossenschaften, [2002]

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 38 x 57.5 cm

Lettering

Spannung unerwünscht. Gefahren des elektrischen Stroms. VMBG Vereinigung der Metall-Berufsgenossenschaften. © 02/2002 Translation of lettering: "Undesired excitement [voltage: play on words]. Dangers of electric current." Bears logo of Vereinigung der Metall-Berufsgenossenschaften: a sphere resting on a semicircle with letters VMBG and the name of the Vereinigung Bears an icon of dangerous substances, representing dangers to those in the workplace

Reference

Wellcome Collection 771813i

Creator/production credits

Produced by the Vereinigung der Metall-Berufsgenossenschaften (association of statutory accident insurance and prevention institutions in the metal industry)

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

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