The word "Aussatz" (leprosy) in grey and black letters with the texture of broken and decayed concrete. Lithograph after KGSZ Ulrich Kemmner, 196-.

  • Kemmner, Ulrich (Graphic designer?)
Date:
[between 1960 and 1969?]
Reference:
574963i
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Description

Implies that the deformations of leprosy are as ugly as decayed concrete

Publication/Creation

Bern : Schweizerische Emmaus Vereinigung, [between 1960 and 1969?] (Bern : Kümmerly & Frey)

Physical description

1 print : lithograph ; sheet 127.6 x 90.2 cm

Contributors

Lettering

Aussatz. Hilfsaktion für die Aussätzigen. Entwurf KGSZ Ulrich Kemmner ; stempelfrei

Creator/production credits

KGSZ: acronym of the Kantonale Gehor̈losenschule Zürich?
The charity Schweizerische Emmaus Vereinigung was founded in 1958 to unite groups originally set up in the cold winter of 1956 to provide heating material to poor households. In 1959-1960 it joined with the international movements against leprosy to help people with leprosy worldwide

Reference

Wellcome Collection 574963i

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