Bottles labelled with humorous quotations comparing healthy lifestyle with excessive drinking; representing consequences of alcohol abuse. Colour lithograph by Pekárek, 1952.

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Prosinec 1952
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663783i
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Bottles labelled with humorous quotations comparing healthy lifestyle with excessive drinking; representing consequences of alcohol abuse. Colour lithograph by Pekárek, 1952. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

[Praha] [Prague] : Vydalo Ministerstvo informací a osvěty ve vydavatelství Osvěta, n[árodní] p[odnik], Prosinec 1952 (Červený Kostelec : Grafické tiskárny, národní podnik)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 82.5 x 59 cm

Lettering

Vyberte si. Pekárek 52

Reference

Wellcome Collection 663783i

Contents

Čím víc procent alkoholu, tím víc jde tvůj výkon dolů! Hrome, který je ten pravý [A factory worker faced with three crane hooks says "The more you drink, the less efficiently you work! Damn it! Which one is the right one?"]-- Co je lepší? Pořídit hezký dárek pro dítě, nebo získat ošklivou opici? [A father giving his son a new shirt, contrasted with a drunk, asks "Which is better? To give your child a present, or to get a terrible hangover?"]-- Společný výmlat - podle marných plánů kulaků a pánů [Collective threshing - in the nasty plans of kulaks (high-income farmers)]-- Tak se mi zdá, že tímhle výkonem si výplatu nezlepším! [I have a feeling I won't be better paid working this way!]-- Můžeš být vynášen tak, nebo tak. Záleží na tobě. Vyber si! [You decide what you get. It's up to you. Make your choice!]-- Kdo pil umřel. Kdo nepil, taky. (Ano, ale jde o to, kdy a jak) [If you drink too much you die, if you don't, you die anyway (but it depends how and when)]-- Od opice k člověku dle Darwina. Od člověka k opici dle množství vypitého alkoholu [From ape to man by Darwin. From man to ape by the amount of alcohol consumed] -- Nehody zaviněné opilými motoristy nás stojí ročně 180 milionů KČS [Accidents caused by drinking of alcohol cost us millions every year]-- Všeho s mírou, ale nikdy takhle [A drinker with a metre rule says "Excess may do you harm"]

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Bears monogram: a P with a cross bar, presumably of the designer Pekárek

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