A sick man in Russia who thinks he is being helped to walk by a cigarette and a vodka bottle, whereas they are really false friends who are hindering him. Watercolour, 195-.

Date:
[between 1950 and 1959?]
Reference:
537107i
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A sick man in Russia who thinks he is being helped to walk by a cigarette and a vodka bottle, whereas they are really false friends who are hindering him. Watercolour, 195-. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

[Moscow], [between 1950 and 1959?]

Physical description

1 drawing : watercolour ; sheet 79 x 56 cm

Lettering

Doveli ... Vot kakie "chudesa" Delayut s pokhodkoĭ Ego stapye "druz'ya" Papirosa s vodkoĭ Paraphrase of lettering: 'They brought [him to this state]. What "miracles" are accomplished when he walks with his old "friends", cigarettes and vodka.' The bottle is marked "Vodka 40ʻ"

Notes

With: two other similar works (this catalogue nos. 537105i, 537106i)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 537107i

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