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Vodka

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  • A traffic signal that is bent and broken, with a vodka bottle jammed in its stem; representing vodka as a cause of driving accidents. Colour lithograph, 19--.
  • A vodka bottle on its side driven like a sports car; representing people who drink and drive as criminals. Colour lithograph by Z. Waszewski, 1961.
  • 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-.
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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-.

    | Date: [between 1950 and 1959?] | Reference: 537107i
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    A football smashes a vodka bottle, representing the superiority of sport and health to drinking. Colour lithograph after P. Sabinin, 1988.

    Sabinin, P. | Date: 1990 | Reference: 541569i
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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.

    Mailītis, Ivars. | Date: 1987 | Reference: 997455i
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    A bottle of vodka and two glasses, with a prisoner behind bars, representing the propensity of alcohol to lead to crime. Colour lithograph after Hubert Hilscher, 1959.

    Hilscher, Hubert, 1924-1999. | Date: [1959?] | Reference: 540973i
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    A traffic signal that is bent and broken, with a vodka bottle jammed in its stem; representing vodka as a cause of driving accidents. Colour lithograph, 19--.

    Kaja, H. | Date: [between 1900 and 1999] | Reference: 660229i
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