iLibertad para los Prisoneros Políticas!

1971

Rupert García

Associated Names
Rupert García

Artist, American, born 1941

The image displays a close-up of a person's face and hair in an abstract, two-tone design with black and muted orange-brown colors. The face features prominent eyes, nose, and lips, partially obscured to create a shadowed effect. The hair is styled in an afro and is black. The person is not shown wearing any visible clothing, holding objects, or wearing jewelry. The background is solid black with blue text at the top that reads, "¡LIBERTAD PARA LOS PRISONEROS POLITICAS!" which translates to "Freedom for Political Prisoners!"
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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Anne Kohs, San Francisco, California; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1996; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1999

  • Resistance and Affirmation: Prints and Posters of Rupert García, Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1999-2000, no. 4

2001

  • Politics and Provocation: The Posters of Rupert García, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 3-23, 2001

2008

  • The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2008

2025

  • Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-1985, National Gallery of Art, Washington, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, 2025-2026.

Bibliography

1990

  • García, Rupert. Rupert García: Prints and Posters, 1967-1990. California: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1990, p. 48, no. 30a.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: rupert / garcia / 71 [effaced]

Wikidata ID

Q77009603

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