DDT

Rupert García, DDT, 1969, screenprint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.42.2, © 1969, Rupert García
Rupert García, DDT, 1969, screenprint on paper, sheet: 26 1⁄8 × 20 in. (66.4 × 50.8 cm) image: 23 1⁄2 × 17 1⁄4 in. (59.7 × 43.8 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2020.42.2, © 1969, Rupert García

Artwork Details

Title
DDT
Artist
Date
1969
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sheet: 26 1⁄8 × 20 in. (66.4 × 50.8 cm) image: 23 1⁄2 × 17 1⁄4 in. (59.7 × 43.8 cm)
Copyright
© 1969, Rupert García
Credit Line
Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
Mediums Description
screenprint on paper
Classifications
Subjects
  • Figure male
Object Number
2020.42.2
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/2020.42.2

Artwork Description

Description in Spanish

García se valió de los colores brillantes y de tres letras sencillas para apoyar el llamamiento de César Chávez para acabar con el uso de plaguicidas peligrosos en la agricultura. A un lado de la composición colocó a una niña con un insólito cabello de color violeta que está corriendo y gritando. Sin brazos visibles, su silueta sugiere las lesiones físicas ocasionadas por el plaguicida tan utilizado, conocido como DDT. Las letras planean por encima de la figura como aeroplanos que rocían los cultivos con el ahora prohibido plaguicida. García, quien es veterano de la guerra de Vietnam, quizás estaba comparando el DDT con el uso de armas químicas en la guerra.

¡Imprimir la revolución! Auge e impacto de las obras gráficas chicanas, desde 1965 hasta hoy, 2020

Works by this artist (3 items)

Fannie Hillsmith, Winter Trees, 1938, oil and tempera on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.56
Winter Trees
Artist
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Fannie Hillsmith, Imprisoned, 1944, oil and tempera on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Patricia and Phillip Frost, 1986.92.57
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Date1944
oil and tempera on fiberboard
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Fannie Hillsmith, Interior by the Sea, 1963, color lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Arnold Elser, 1981.154.58
Interior by the Sea
Artist
Date1963
color lithograph on paper
Not on view

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