The human body with physiological activities represented as factory procedures. Colour lithograph after F. Kahn, ca. 1930 (?).
- Kahn, Fritz, 1888-1968.
- Date:
- [1930?]
- Reference:
- 674371i
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- Online
Online resources
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About this work
Description
The organs of the body are shown as machines in a chemical factory, e.g. food is tipped into the mouth, is ground up in the cogwheels of the teeth, falls down a chute into the stomach, goes along a conveyor belt being sprayed by stomach acids, etc.
Publication/Creation
Stuttgart : Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, [1930?] (Stuttgart : Imprimerie Offset Fricke & Co.)
Physical description
1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; image 97.6 x 48.5 cm
Contributors
Lettering
L'homme comme palais de l'industrie. Extrait de Kahn, Das Leben des Menschen.
References note
Uta von Debschitz and Thilo von Debschitz (edd.), Fritz Kahn: Man Machine – Maschine Mensch, Vienna 2009
Reference
Wellcome Collection 674371i
Terms of use
The copyright is managed by Mr Thilo von Debschitz on behalf of the Kahn family, according to an email to the Wellcome Library 24 January 2013
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Location Status Access Closed stores