Rat Poster (Part of Rat Patrol campaign, NYC)

Christy Rupp, artist

born 1949

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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"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.