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Title: Smoker's Game
Creator: Sarnecki, Tomasz, Artist
Contributor: Sarnecki, Tomasz, Artist
Healy, Wayne, Artist
Date Created and/or Issued: 1999-09-19
1999-09-23
September 19-23, 1999
Publication Information: California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, cema@library.ucsb.edu, (805) 893-8563, URL: http://cemaweb.library.ucsb.edu/cema_index.html
Contributing Institution: UC Santa Barbara, Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Collection: Self-Help Graphics and Art archives
Rights Information: Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010; cema@library.ucsb.edu (805) 893-8563
Description: "Its a picture with a strong gun, bullet-cigarette, skeleton with big sombrero; smoke, fire, and deathly habit. Its the ideological poster; the habit like Russian R[o]ulette- Smoker's Game like the inknown end -- for every one and every where; its the big challenge for tobacco companies: Which cigarette is the last? For Death or life?" Tomasz Sarnecki. "Major Image; A revolver with a cigarette in the open cylinder. Above is skeleton with a big sombrero holding a cigarette. All are on a background of fire and smoke, fire of the deadly habit. The content of the print is to compare smoking wiht Russian Roulette, Ergo, Smoker's Game." Wayne Healy Colors used: Cream White, Orange Red, Powder Blue, Blood Red, and Black.
Coventry Rag 290 gms. I-size: 34 3/8" x 23 1/2"; P-size: 44" x 30"; Ed# 4/78, 6/78; prnt: José Alpuche; mtrx: Destroyed. signed. Inscription in pencil reads, "4/78 Szausa na sukies Toman Sarnecki '99 Healy 99". lower left; The artist of any work retains all rights to that work. Copyright has not been assigned to the Regents of the University of California. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. No further reproduction is permitted without prior written permission by the artist or copyright holder. Any requests for permission to reproduce this piece must be directed to: Self-Help Graphics & Art 3802 Cesar E. Chavez Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90063 For further information: (323) 881-6444 Fax: (323) 881-6447 info@selfhelpgraphics.com
Type: image
Form/Genre: 35mm slide
Screen Prints
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/hb1g5005sc
CEMA 3
Language: English
Subject: Calaveras
Chicano art
Chicanos
Fire in art
Firearms in art
Mexican American art
Mexican Americans
Smoking in art
Prints
Place: Los Angeles (Calif.)

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