Kathy Thinking
Kathy Thinking is a lithograph by Lisa Yuskavage, printed on wove paper with full margins, showcasing the artist's signature exploration of the female figure rendered in a dreamlike, psychologically charged atmosphere. Yuskavage's distinctive style blends elements of kitsch and fine art tradition, employing a lush, sensuous palette and softly luminous forms that evoke both innocence and complexity. The work reflects her ongoing fascination with interiority and feminine identity, inviting viewers to contemplate the inner emotional world of her enigmatic subject.
- Medium
- Lithograph, on wove paper, with full margins.
- Dimensions
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
Editions & Works on Paper: Online Auction
February 2, 2026
Estimate: $1,000 to $2,000
Sold: $2,064
Lot 280
Artists in conversation
John Currin
American · b. 1962
Currin similarly blends kitsch aesthetics with Old Master painting traditions to render psychologically complex female figures in a luminous, unsettling atmosphere. His figurative works share Yuskavage's tension between idealization and psychological depth in portraying feminine identity.
Cecily Brown
British · b. 1969
Brown creates sensuous, dreamlike figurative compositions with warm, lush palettes that evoke the same charged psychological atmosphere found in Yuskavage's work. Her neo-expressionist approach to the female figure carries a similar sense of interiority and emotional complexity.
Jenny Saville
British · b. 1970
Saville shares Yuskavage's intense focus on feminine identity and the female figure rendered with psychological weight and a distinctly contemporary sensibility. Her figurative works similarly probe interiority and bodily experience through a softly charged and contemplative visual language.
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