A bottle of vodka standing in a field of wheat in which there are bottle-shaped clearings; representing the loss of wheat from bread-making to vodka production due to alcoholism. Colour lithograph after I. Mailītis, 1987.

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Mailītis, Ivars.

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A bottle of vodka standing in a field of wheat in which there are bottle-shaped clearings; representing the loss of wheat from bread-making to vodka production due to alcoholism. Colour lithograph after I. Mailītis, 1987.