Nurse Kathy is a large-scale work by Richard Prince that appropriates the lurid cover imagery of mid-twentieth century nurse romance novels, obscuring the figure's face with gestural smears of acrylic paint. The combination of inkjet printing and painterly intervention creates a tension between mechanical reproduction and the handmade, while evoking themes of desire, fantasy, and the cultural mythology surrounding femininity and caregiving. Prince's signature approach challenges notions of authorship and originality, transforming lowbrow pulp imagery into a provocative meditation on American popular culture.