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-.

[Moscow], [between 1950 and 1959?]

1 drawing : watercolour ; sheet 79 x 56 cm

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"

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

Wellcome Collection 537107i