A naked man lies with his eyes closed with one foot touching a lit candle held by a golden cupid; he lies on his side floating above an array of gold gift-wrapped presents among other items with one arm raised towards a glowing gold star with a gold cloud bearing a cupid, a personified gold moon and a falling teddy bear; includes the message in Italian: 'excluded because of AIDS'; one of a series of posters by the AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz/Aide Suisse contre le SIDA/Aiuto AIDS Svizerro. Colour lithograph by Etienne Francey and Daniel Ammann.

[Basel?, Switzerland] : AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz = Aide Suisse contre le SIDA = Aiuto AIDS Svizzero, [between 1990 and 1999]

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 49.3 x 68 cm

Escludere per l'AIDS? Escluso! AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz; Aide Suisse contre le SIDA; Aiuto AIDS Svizzero. Etienne Francey. Photographe: Daniel Ammann. Dialogan. The shrine-like image is arched along the top; among other items below the man are: a rope-tied catalogue bearing the title '[Robert] Mapplethorpe' [a critically acclaimed American photographer known for his 'homosexual eroticism of his nude photographs]; a cover featuring Freddie Mercury [who died from AIDS]; a rocking horse; gold leaves and an illustration by Keith Haring featuring his famous 'radiant baby' hovering above a pig Bears logo: A and +: AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz; Aide Suisse contre le SIDA; Aiuto AIDS Svizzero

Etienne Francey [of Etienne & Etienne publicity agency based in Geneva and Zurich] Daniel Ammann [photo] AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz; Aide Suisse contre le SIDA; Aiuto AIDS Svizzero 199- AIDS-Hilfe Schweiz; Aide Suisse contre le SIDA; Aiuto AIDS Svizzero Switzerland 24/03/2009 UkLW Transcription from the item

Both Mapplethorpe and Mercury died of AIDS in 1989 and 1991 respectively; Keith Haring was a social activist and artist whose illustrations are used on other AIDS-related posters within the Wellcome Library collection (see 669057i, among others)

Wellcome Collection 675039i

Date of publication must be in or after 1991 since Freddie Mercury died that yeat