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The bottle is seen against a black ground, as if at night. The white pill, stamped "Contra-Schmerz", is shown as if on the floor of the bottle, next to a screwtop metal tube from which it has been shaken, yet as the tube is not in the bottle but seen through the glass of the bottle, there is sophisticated interplay between the optical and the conceptual, perhaps reflecting the state of mind of a person with a headache. The white highlights reflected off the shoulder of the bottle leave a black swirling shape, possibly recalling the indication sheet which unwinds as it is released from the tube. The white pill may actually be the screwtop of the tube, not the pill (or as well as the pill). The bottle is sealed with a purple paper or foil top, to which is tied a red label inscribed "Ihre Medizin"

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 127.5 x 90.5 cm

An analgesic pill in a medicine bottle; advertising "Contra Schmerz" analgesic. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1950.

Pro Infirmis is a Swiss charity which assists disabled people

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 127.6 x 90.3 cm

A white wing, shackled by a white chain, against a mauve ground; representing the restriction caused by physical disability. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1956.

Recommends a "No" vote in a referendum on women's suffrage. Brun was later commissioned to produce a "Yes" poster on the same question in a referendum of 1959 (Giroud no. 44)

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 126.7 x 90 cm

A baby's dummy (pacifier) with a fly on it; representing the neglect of children owing to the involvement of women in politics. Colour lithograph after D. Brun, 1946.

A happy man, in the form of a chirpy ("vögeliwohl") bird, standing on a packet containing a tube of white "Contra Schmerz" pills; advertising "Contra Schmerz" analgesic. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, ca. 1945.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 127.3 x 90.4 cm

A white analgesic pill in a tumbler on a purple ground, and a drop of water on a red square; advertising "Contre Douleurs" analgesic. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1950.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 97.3 x 67.5 cm

A blue flag indicating danger from unexploded bombs or shells. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, ca. 1950.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 127.2 x 90.8 cm

A pink face in the form of a hand gripping a white analgesic pill on a black ground; advertising "Contre Douleurs" analgesic. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1950.

Herbal remedy against coughs and hoarseness: shows illustrations of herbs which are contained in the remedy

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 128 x 90.3 cm

A man in a bowler hat in the form of the wrapping for Klein's Halsfeger, a cough remedy. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1968.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 102.1 x 63.7 cm

A man with a cold protecting his nose with a slipper, in contrast to drug therapy with Rolinex. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1950.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 126.8 x 90.4 cm

A white wing, shackled by a white chain, against a blue night sky; representing the restriction caused by physical disability. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, ca. 1950.

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An analgesic pill in a medicine bottle; advertising "Contra Schmerz" analgesic. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1950.

A white wing, shackled by a white chain, against a mauve ground; representing the restriction caused by physical disability. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1956.

A baby's dummy (pacifier) with a fly on it; representing the neglect of children owing to the involvement of women in politics. Colour lithograph after D. Brun, 1946.

A happy man, in the form of a chirpy ("vögeliwohl") bird, standing on a packet containing a tube of white "Contra Schmerz" pills; advertising "Contra Schmerz" analgesic. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, ca. 1945.

A white analgesic pill in a tumbler on a purple ground, and a drop of water on a red square; advertising "Contre Douleurs" analgesic. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1950.

A blue flag indicating danger from unexploded bombs or shells. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, ca. 1950.

A pink face in the form of a hand gripping a white analgesic pill on a black ground; advertising "Contre Douleurs" analgesic. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1950.

A man in a bowler hat in the form of the wrapping for Klein's Halsfeger, a cough remedy. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1968.

A man with a cold protecting his nose with a slipper, in contrast to drug therapy with Rolinex. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1950.

A white wing, shackled by a white chain, against a blue night sky; representing the restriction caused by physical disability. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, ca. 1950.

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An analgesic pill in a medicine bottle; advertising "Contra Schmerz" analgesic. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1950.

A white wing, shackled by a white chain, against a mauve ground; representing the restriction caused by physical disability. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1956.

A baby's dummy (pacifier) with a fly on it; representing the neglect of children owing to the involvement of women in politics. Colour lithograph after D. Brun, 1946.

A happy man, in the form of a chirpy ("vögeliwohl") bird, standing on a packet containing a tube of white "Contra Schmerz" pills; advertising "Contra Schmerz" analgesic. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, ca. 1945.

A white analgesic pill in a tumbler on a purple ground, and a drop of water on a red square; advertising "Contre Douleurs" analgesic. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1950.

A blue flag indicating danger from unexploded bombs or shells. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, ca. 1950.

A pink face in the form of a hand gripping a white analgesic pill on a black ground; advertising "Contre Douleurs" analgesic. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1950.

A man in a bowler hat in the form of the wrapping for Klein's Halsfeger, a cough remedy. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1968.

A man with a cold protecting his nose with a slipper, in contrast to drug therapy with Rolinex. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, 1950.

A white wing, shackled by a white chain, against a blue night sky; representing the restriction caused by physical disability. Colour lithograph by Donald Brun, ca. 1950.

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