A face drawn in black lines with yellow highlights against a striped grey square background with upside down text at the top bearing the message in French: "It is easy to die" and the right way up at the bottom: "It may be difficult to live"; an advertisement for AIDS prevention by L'Alexandra. Colour lithograph by Gilbert Theillin.

Date:
[between 1990 and 1999]
Reference:
672626i
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A face drawn in black lines with yellow highlights against a striped grey square background with upside down text at the top bearing the message in French: "It is easy to die" and the right way up at the bottom: "It may be difficult to live"; an advertisement for AIDS prevention by L'Alexandra. Colour lithograph by Gilbert Theillin. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

Tours (106, rue du Commerce - 37000 Tours) : Association loi de 1901: L'Alexandra, [between 1990 and 1999] (Tours (37000 Tours) : Imp. Gambetta Sarl - Tours)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph, printed in yellow, black and grey on white ; sheet 59.9 x 39.7 cm

Lettering

Il est facile de mourir. Il peut être difficile de vivre ... Prévention du SIDA par le dialogue & la communication ... Tours Elisa 2000 ... Association loi de 1901 L'Alexandra ...

Copyright note

Gilbert Theillin L'Alexandra 199- L'Alexandra 09/12/08 France UkLW Transcription from the item

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Wellcome Collection 672626i

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