A man with stomach pain, and the man cured of stomach pain; advertising Gastrul tablets for use against stomach ulcers. Colour screenprint, 1954.

Date:
[1954?]
Reference:
662237i
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Description

A window display in the form of a triptych. Left wing: a diagrammatic representation of a green man on a black background with tacks and a pair of pincers inside his stomach, representing the pain of stomach ulcers. Right wing, a red man on a sunny background, with the pincers discarded and the words "OK avec Gastrul" on his stomach. Centre, a nurse pointing to a box of Gastrul tablets

Publication/Creation

[Belgium] : Havas, [1954?] (Liège : Rapid-Press-Screen)

Physical description

1 print : screenprint, printed in colours ; triptych opened 50.2 x 82.2 cm, triptych closed 50.2 x 36 cm

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Lettering

Gastrul supprime les maux d'estomac. Les tablettes Gastrul sont en vente ici. Havas "Timbre au verso" printed in small lettters on left margin: impression catalogued has a BF2 stamp on verso in payment of stamp duty, dated 1954. The box of tablets is lettered: "Gastrul. Maagzweertabletten. Tablettes ulcero-stomacaux LN APB". ABP presumably stands for Association Pharmaceutique Belge. Name "Gastrul" is a portmanteau word referring to gastric ulcers

Reference

Wellcome Collection 662237i

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