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Poster, Mr. Camel's Kids Club
This is a Poster. It was designed by Doug Minkler and made for (as the client) DOC (Doctors Ought to Care). It is dated 1990 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is screenprint on heavy white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
Studies published by the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1992 showed that animal characters appearing in cigarette ads appeal strongly to children. Many activists petitioned retailers to stop posting images of “Joe Camel.” Minkler’s poster conflates the camel’s nose with human genitalia, reflecting a popular view at the time that Joe Camel’s portrait was a deliberate form of subliminal suggestion.
This object was
donated by
Doug Minkler.
It is credited Gift of Doug Minkler.
- Poster, Enjoy AZT
- screenprint on paper.
- Gift of Steven Heller and Karrie Jacobs.
- 1993-53-103
- Drawing, Study for an Advertisement, Diplomat Cigarettes
- brush and gouache, graphite on thick white paper.
- Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
- 1963-39-722
- Poster, Mr. Camel's Lumps, Cartoon Baited Cigarettes
- screenprint on paper.
- Gift of Doug Minkler.
- 2000-15-3
Our curators have highlighted 7 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Sculpture, Evelyn, from the Afreaks series
- glass beads, wire, wood, mixed fiber stuffing, and cast bronze.
- Courtesy of R & Company, New York and The Haas Brothers, Los Angeles.
- 25.2015.3
- Sculpture, Tail-lor Swift, from the Afreaks series
- glass beads, wire, wood, mixed fiber stuffing, and cast bronze.
- Courtesy of R & Company, New York and The Haas Brothers, Los Angeles.
- 25.2015.6
- Poster, Question: What's wrong with this picture?
- lithograph on paper.
- Gift of Various Donors.
- 1981-29-85
Its dimensions are
66.4 × 55.2 cm (26 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.)
Cite this object as
Poster, Mr. Camel's Kids Club; Designed by Doug Minkler (American, b. 1949); Client: DOC (Doctors Ought to Care); screenprint on heavy white wove paper; 66.4 × 55.2 cm (26 1/8 × 21 3/4 in.); Gift of Doug Minkler; 2000-15-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition How Posters Work.
