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Dennis Beall

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The black, stencil-like silhouette of a man with arms raised is printed against a pale orange background with a white speech bubble overhead. Shown from the chest up, the bearded man wears sunglasses and stands with both fists raised, his chest and arms along the bottom edge of the composition. The all-capital, black text in the speech bubble reads, “DOWN WITH THE WHITENESS.” The paper has a white margin all around. The artist signed and dated the work with graphite in the lower right corner: “Rupert García 1969.” And in the lower left, also in graphite: “ED 105.” Near the signature is a turqoise-colored stamp with a frog, sitting, pointing to our left, and smiling over a vertically striped shield, which reads, "MADE IN USA."
Rupert García, Down with the Whiteness, 1969, color screenprint on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dennis Beall), 2015.19.3060

Down with the Whiteness

Rupert García · 1969 · color screenprint on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3060

Rupert García, Right On!, 1968, screenprint in black on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dennis Beall), 2015.19.3087

Right On!

Rupert García · 1968 · screenprint in black on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3087

A man with orange-tinged brown skin and wearing a white chef’s hat smiles widely as he holds a steaming bowl on a plate in this vertical color screenprint. He also wears a white jacket over a white high-collared shirt with a cherry-red bowtie. Black outlines define the uniform and the man’s face, and blocks of black shading define his features. His eyes crinkle as he grins, and he has a wide nose and round chin. The hand holding the plate is also shaded brown. The rim of the bowl is decorated with a rippling yellow band, and steam rises from the dish. The scene is enclosed by a wide, lemon-yellow frame in which printed black text reads, “NO MORE O’ THIS SHIT.” The artist inscribed the paper under the printed image with “A/P” in the lower left and “rupert garcia 1969 in the lower right.
Rupert García, No More O' This Shit, 1969, color screenprint on wove paper, Corcoran Collection (Gift of Dennis Beall), 2015.19.3059

No More O' This Shit

Rupert García · 1969 · color screenprint on wove paper ·  Accession ID  2015.19.3059