Rat Poster (Part of Rat Patrol campaign, NYC), Christy Rupp

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Christy Rupp, Rat Poster (Part of Rat Patrol campaign, NYC)
Christy Rupp, Rat Poster (Part of Rat Patrol campaign, NYC)
Christy Rupp
Rat Poster (Part of Rat Patrol campaign, NYC)
1979
Rat Poster (Part of Rat Patrol campaign, NYC), 1979
Where object was made: United States
Material/technique: offset lithograph
Dimensions:
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 142 x 446 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 5 9/16 x 17 9/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 16 x 20 in
Credit line: Gift of Museum of Modern Art (Committed to Print series)
Accession number: 1990.0075
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Printed Art and Social Radicalism," Jun-2002, Stephen Goddard Rupp is an activist artist who has recently taken aim at genetically engineered food. Rat Poster was a mass-produced image that was applied to buildings in lower Manhattan (especially around City Hall) during a garbage strike in 1979. This poster campaign was dubbed the “Rat Patrol” and drew attention to issues of civic responsibility, health and sanitation.