A stippled impression of a woman with long hair decorated with flowers wearing an off-the- shoulder gown and pearls sitting between the pink line drawn legs of a woman; with the statement 'Vienna is the other way'; an advertisement for a gay event from 11 June to 7 July [199-] in Vienna [?] organised by sieben zu eins Kulturkontor. Colour lithograph.

A naked man lies back with a condom on his erect penis; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Apoio Fundação Mac Arthur. Colour lithograph by 4 Mãos, 1993.

A male figure smiling as he descends with arms and legs outstretched to reveal his genitals; a safe sex advertisement by the condom makers, the Hot Rubber Company Deutschland, a department of the Deutschen AIDS-Hilfe e.V. Colour lithograph.

Two personified penises, one of them wearing a condom to show their value as a protection against unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.

A red apple forming the tip of a penis with a quote from Albert Camus: 'La felicidad es generosa ... no vive de destrucción' [Happiness is ... generous destruction of lives] and the letters 'SIDA' in each corner; advertising the danger of AIDS. Colour lithograph by Santiago Pol, 1994.

The penis, after Ruysch, Heister, Morgagni, and Graaf. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.

A hand behind a microphone with erect penises as fingers, the central finger wearing a condom; advertising safe sex for lesbians and homosexuals. Colour lithograph for the SAD Schorer Stichting.

A naked man shields his penis with both hands with a hazy apparition of a condom bearing the words "fuck me safe" between his legs; an advertisement by the Real AIDS Grazer Kunst Verein. Colour lithograph by Matthias Herrmann, 1993.

A naked figure standing pleased with himself as he wears a condom on his erect penis with the words 'in: with a condom'; below, the same naked figure stands red with embarrassment holding his head and genitals without a condom with the words 'out: without a condom' in German; an advertisement for safe sex by the AHS [AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz], ASS [AIDS Suisse Contre le SIDA] and AAS [Aiuto AIDS Svizzero]. Colour lithograph.

Recto: a figure sits at a desk looking at a condom with a row of models of the penis surrounded by random images including a robot, a television, a figure on a skateboard; advertisement by ArtReach for Prototypes, a Center for Innovation in health, mental health and social services. Colour lithograph by John Tat.

A personified penis wearing a condom and safety equipment and another, unprotected, with injuries bandaged up, to illustrate the use of condoms as a protection against unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.

A man dressed up as an angel with wings puts a condom onto the penis of another man lying down on draped materials wearing a devil's horned mask and the message: "he put a condom to play with his body without playing with fire"; an advertisement for World AIDS Day, 1 December 1992 by ARIS (Association of gays and lesbians in Lyon). Lithograph by Félix [?].

1 print : engraving ; platemark 35.5 x 22 cm

The kidney (figs 1-4), bladder and penis (fig. 5) after Nuck, Bertin and Duverney. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; 42 x 29.4 cm

A personified penis throwing a lifebelt in the form of a condom to a drowning penis, to illustrate the use of condoms as a protection against unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.

1 print : silk screen print, printed in red, yellow and black ; sheet 84 x 59.1 cm.

A penis rising in the form of a yellow serpent with a pronged tongue daubed on a rough red wall bearing the graffiti "AIDS, the killing bit of love"; representing the danger of sexual transmission of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Anthon Beeke, 1993.

1 print : lithograph, printed in black/grey, pink and white ; sheet 63.6 x 45.7 cm

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Penis

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The kidney (figs 1-4), bladder and penis (fig. 5) after Nuck, Bertin and Duverney. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.

Two personified penises, one of them wearing a condom to show their value as a protection against unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.

A personified penis throwing a lifebelt in the form of a condom to a drowning penis, to illustrate the use of condoms as a protection against unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.

A penis rising in the form of a yellow serpent with a pronged tongue daubed on a rough red wall bearing the graffiti "AIDS, the killing bit of love"; representing the danger of sexual transmission of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Anthon Beeke, 1993.

A naked man lies back with a condom on his erect penis; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Apoio Fundação Mac Arthur. Colour lithograph by 4 Mãos, 1993.

Penis

Images from the collections

Images referencing Penis

Works from the collections

The kidney (figs 1-4), bladder and penis (fig. 5) after Nuck, Bertin and Duverney. Engraving by Benard, late 18th century.

Two personified penises, one of them wearing a condom to show their value as a protection against unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.

A personified penis throwing a lifebelt in the form of a condom to a drowning penis, to illustrate the use of condoms as a protection against unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.

A penis rising in the form of a yellow serpent with a pronged tongue daubed on a rough red wall bearing the graffiti "AIDS, the killing bit of love"; representing the danger of sexual transmission of AIDS. Colour silk screen print after Anthon Beeke, 1993.

A naked man lies back with a condom on his erect penis; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention advertisement by the Apoio Fundação Mac Arthur. Colour lithograph by 4 Mãos, 1993.

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