The word "Aussatz" (leprosy) in black letters with the texture of shuttered concrete; below, a seated man with leprosy, unable to stand, supporting his knees with a stick. Lithograph by Michel Dumas (?), 196-.

  • Dumas, Michel (Graphic designer?)
Date:
[between 1960 and 1969?]
Reference:
575052i
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Description

Implies that the deformations of leprosy are as ugly as shuttered concrete is assumed to be

Aussätzigenhilfe Emmaus Schweiz was founded in 1959-1960 to help people with leprosy worldwide. In 2000 it changed its name to Leprahilfe Emmaus Schweiz

Publication/Creation

Bern : Aussätzigenhilfe Emmaus Schweiz, [between 1960 and 1969?] (Lausanne : Roth & Sauter)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 127.1 x 90.2 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Aussatz. Michel Dumas Lausanne Bears logo of Aussätzigenhilfe Emmaus Schweiz: the cross of the Swiss flag and the letter e forming the palm of a hand

Reference

Wellcome Collection 575052i

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