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Ceylon Tea: Product of European Exploitation!

1972

Rupert García

Associated Names

Rupert García

Artist, American, born 1941

This is a painting of a stylized figure holding a teacup with bold text above. The image showcases a graphic style using a limited color palette of red, yellow, gray, and black. The background is divided into red and yellow sections. The text at the top reads "CEYLON TEA: PRODUCT OF EUROPEAN EXPLOITATION!" in bold black letters. The figure wears a white uniform with a cap, with facial features and clothing details represented in shades of gray and black. The figure's hand is positioned to hold a teacup. This is in the style of a propaganda or political poster.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color screenprint on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gift of Richard Rodriguez, 1996)
Dimensions

image: 63.5 × 47.94 cm (25 × 18 7/8 in.)
sheet: 66.04 × 50.8 cm (26 × 20 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.3030
Catalogue Raisonné

García 1990, no. 38

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

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

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Exhibition History

1999

Resistance and Affirmation: Prints and Posters of Rupert García, Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1999-2000, no. 6

2001

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

2007

Looking for the "There There": California Art from the Collection, 1950-2000, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2007-2008

Bibliography

1990

García, Rupert. Rupert García: Prints and Posters, 1967-1990. California: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 1990, p. 50, no. 38.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: © rupert garcía '72

Wikidata ID

Q77009605

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