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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Description

The clearings are black and the sky is sombre

Publication/Creation

Riga : "Avots", 1987 (Riga (226004 Riga, Vienības gatve 11) : Iesplests Rīgas Paraugtipogrāfija)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 87.5 x 57.7 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Maize vai alkohols. © "Avots" 1987 Translation of lettering: Bread or alcohol. Iesplests Rīgas Paraugtipogrāfija. The bottle is labelled "Pshenichnaia vodka", one of the most popular brands of vodka in the Soviet Union, made from wheat. Iesplests Rīgas Paraugtipogrāfija. Bears reference nos. including: Izdevn. no. 385/Ua-1801 20.11.86 JT 01392. Iesplests Rīgas Paraugtipogrāfija.

Edition

Metiens: 12 924 eks.

Creator/production credits

"Makslinieks: Ivars Mailītis. Maksl. red. V. Ivanovs. Tehn. red. A. Jurkāne"

Reference

Wellcome Collection 997455i

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