A woman being strangled by a snake; representing the effect of sexually transmitted diseases. Colour lithograph after G. Mezey, ca. 1946.
- Mezey, Gustav, 1899-1981.
- Date:
- [1946?]
- Reference:
- 667829i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
The woman is purple: she flees holding out her arms before her. The snake is green and yellow, and has yellow fangs and a green tongue. Poster for film "Schleichendes Gift: Ein Film über Geschlechtskrankheiten" ("Creeping poison: a film about venereal diseases"). The film Schleichendes Gift was released in Austria in 1946 and in other countries in 1947-1950. The director was Hermann Wallbrück and the medical adviser was the Austrian dermatologist Leopold Arzt (1883-1955)
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1946?] (Wien : Druck F. Adametz)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 86 x 122 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Mezey Entwurf U 12 III U M
Another, smaller, version of this work in the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, has additional lettering in German: "Schleichendes Gift/ Ein Film über Geschlechtskrankheiten". The present impresson has no lettering: in view of the Belgian provenance of the impression catalogued, the German lettering may have been omitted from impressions intended for display in former Allied countries after World War II, and/or for overprinting in other vernaculars
Reference
Wellcome Collection 667829i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores