
Killer Nurse
2009
Richard Prince's 'Killer Nurse' (2009) combines acrylic and inkjet techniques on canvas to explore themes of American culture and identity. The work exemplifies Prince's appropriation and recontextualization of popular imagery.
- Medium
- acrylic and inkjet on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Modern & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
May 13, 2025
Lot 29
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Andy Warhol
American · b. 1928

Warhol similarly appropriated and recontextualized popular American cultural imagery using silkscreen and bold colors on canvas, particularly in his iconic portraits that blended commercial printing techniques with fine art in a provocative Pop Art framework.

John Baldessari
American · b. 1931

Baldessari shared Prince's conceptual approach to appropriating existing images and combining photographic or inkjet printed elements with painted interventions on canvas, challenging the boundaries of identity and cultural meaning in contemporary American art.

Barbara Kruger
American · b. 1945

Kruger employs appropriated photography and bold graphic overlays to create provocative commentary on American identity and cultural power structures, mirroring Prince's strategy of recontextualizing found imagery to question social norms and representations.
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