Collections

Christy Rupp: Rats and Other Early Works, 1979–1983

Christy Rupp achieved early fame with her art when a street poster she created became the focus of widespread media attention in 1979 during a contentious, three-week strike by NYC sanitation workers.

Christy Rupp, Rats from Times Square Show, Cast Plaster, 1980

Sold

Christy Rupp, Rats from Times Square Show: “Sitting Up” and “Sniffing,” cast plaster, 1979

Approx. 7 x 8 in., Irregular shape.

EXHIBITION CLOSED
Please contact Gallery 98 to inquire if this work or other items are still available.

Sitting Up

Sniffing

To deter theft the rats displayed at the Times Square Show were secured with bolts. This allows us to say with certainty that the two plaster rats with bolts seen here were in the Times Square Show. They are being sold individually.

NEXT ITEM

CHRISTY RUPP’S RATS EXHIBITION HOMEPAGE

Christy Rupp Times Square Show