Kami Kaze
1976
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color offset lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 27.94 × 21.59 cm (11 × 8 1/2 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Kohs)
Accession Number
2015.19.3201
Art Historical Context
**Kami Kaze** (1976) by Rupert García is a vibrant color offset lithograph on wove paper, measuring a compact 27.94 × 21.59 cm (11 × 8 1/2 in.). Housed in the National Gallery of Art's Corcoran Collection—generously gifted by Mr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Kohs—this print exemplifies García's mastery of accessible, reproducible art during a dynamic era of cultural expression. Offset lithography, a commercial printing technique, was ideally suited to the 1970s art scene, enabling bold colors and sharp details at low cost for widespread sharing. García, a pioneering Chicano artist from the Bay Area, le...