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Richard Prince — Nurse on Trial
Richard Prince

Nurse on Trial

2005

Richard Prince's "Nurse on Trial" combines acrylic and inkjet techniques on canvas to create a provocative exploration of appropriation and image manipulation. The work exemplifies Prince's signature practice of rephotographing and altering existing images, in this case medical or nursing imagery, to interrogate questions of authenticity, ownership, and the construction of meaning in contemporary visual culture. By layering paint over printed material, Prince destabilizes the original image and forces viewers to reconsider their assumptions about source material and artistic creation.

Medium
acrylic and inkjet on canvas

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The Now and Contemporary Evening Auction

November 21, 2024

Estimate: $5,000,000$7,000,000

Lot 9

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Richard Prince, Nurse on Trial, 2005

Richard Prince's "Nurse on Trial" combines acrylic and inkjet techniques on canvas to create a provocative exploration of appropriation and image manipulation. The work exemplifies Prince's signature practice of rephotographing and altering existing images, in this case medical or nursing imagery, to interrogate questions of authenticity, ownership, and the construction of meaning in contemporary visual culture. By layering paint over printed material, Prince destabilizes the original image and forces viewers to reconsider their assumptions about source material and artistic creation.

Medium
acrylic and inkjet on canvas
Year
2005
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Photography, Nurse imagery, Conceptual Art, Appropriation Art, American Artist, Legal proceedings, Rephotography, Contemporary Art, 20th-21st Century, Ironic aesthetic

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