Richard PRINCE (born in 1949) (page in construction)
Intro
The Marlboro Man by Richard Prince was a mockery of the virility. From 2000, many years after the termination of the tobacco advertisement campaign, the availability of the digital techniques enables large size photos of the cowboy.
In 2002 the series of Nurses brings a female companion, now selected by the artist by re-appropriating jackets from dime-store medical thrillers. The technique is changed to inkjet print finished in acrylic on canvas. They display the basic elements of modern pictorial success : large size, sex, death and often wealth. Their hospital mask must appeal the people from the 2020-2021 health alert.
Most of these earliest Nurses are gently appealing from behind their mask.
Nevertheless Prince's women are criminals, not victims. If there were some remaining doubt about the morality of these girls, it is cleared by a sex appealing Intimate Nurse made in 2004, sold for $ 910K by Christie's on November 8, 2005, lot 11.
In 2002 the series of Nurses brings a female companion, now selected by the artist by re-appropriating jackets from dime-store medical thrillers. The technique is changed to inkjet print finished in acrylic on canvas. They display the basic elements of modern pictorial success : large size, sex, death and often wealth. Their hospital mask must appeal the people from the 2020-2021 health alert.
Most of these earliest Nurses are gently appealing from behind their mask.
Nevertheless Prince's women are criminals, not victims. If there were some remaining doubt about the morality of these girls, it is cleared by a sex appealing Intimate Nurse made in 2004, sold for $ 910K by Christie's on November 8, 2005, lot 11.
2002 Park Avenue Nurse
2019 SOLD for $ 6.2M by Sotheby's
Link to catalogue.
2002 Nurse Elsa
2016 SOLD for $ 5.8M by Christie's
Link to catalogue.
2002 Island Nurse
2018 SOLD for $ 5.5M by Christie's
Link to catalogue.
2002 The Millionaire Nurse
2008 SOLD 4.7 M$ by Sotheby's
The Millionaire Nurse by Richard Prince was sold three times by Sotheby's : $ 4.7M on 14 May 2008 for £ 2.17M on 28 June 2010 and for $ 3.3M on May 14, 2014, lot 32.
2002 Overseas Nurse
2008 SOLD for £ 4.2M by Sotheby's
Link to catalogue.
2002 Nurse Barclay's Dilemma
2019 SOLD for $ 5.7M by Christie's
Link to catalogue.
2002 Nurse of Greenmeadow
2014 SOLD for $ 8.6M by Christie's
Some of the early Nurses bear along the folds of their uniforms unexplained drippings from the various acrylic colors used by the artist.
The Nurse of Greenmeadow, 200 x 148 cm painted in 2002, was sold for $ 8.6M by Christie's on May 12, 2014, lot 11.
The Nurse of Greenmeadow, 200 x 148 cm painted in 2002, was sold for $ 8.6M by Christie's on May 12, 2014, lot 11.
2002 Man-Crazy Nurse
2008 SOLD for $ 7.4M by Christie's
2002 Piney Woods Nurse
2007 SOLD for $ 6.1M by Christie's
Link to catalogue.
2004 Nurse in Hollywood
2010 SOLD for $ 6.5M by Phillips de Pury
Painted in 2004, Nurse in Hollywood # 4 was sold for $ 6.5M by Phillips de Pury on May 13 2010, lot 8. A nurse in close-up bears her cap and mask as if it were a burqa, and starts an insisting look toward the observer.
This painting with a numbered suffix, 175 x 107 cm, is certainly a remake of a larger opus.
This painting with a numbered suffix, 175 x 107 cm, is certainly a remake of a larger opus.
2004 Navy Nurse
2020 SOLD for $ 5.7M by Christie's
Link to catalogue.
2005 Nurse on Trial
2014 SOLD for $ 5.8M by Christie's
Link to catalogue.
2005 School Nurse
2017 SOLD for £ 4.1M by Sotheby's
From 2005 Prince's Nurses become naughty and increasingly macabre. The drippings become crimson red in a dense bleeding pattern falling on the white overcoat from hair and chin.
The ugly mouth of the School Nurse is also visible through her diaphanous mask. This Nurse 178 x 125 cm made in 2005 was sold for £ 4.1M by Sotheby's on June 28, 2017, lot 11.
The ugly mouth of the School Nurse is also visible through her diaphanous mask. This Nurse 178 x 125 cm made in 2005 was sold for £ 4.1M by Sotheby's on June 28, 2017, lot 11.
2005-2006 Runaway Nurse
2016 SOLD for $ 9.7M by Christie's
Next Sale on June 18 by Sotheby's
The life size Runaway Nurse realized in 2005-2006 widely opened her blouse over a luxury lingerie with bare shoulders. It is indeed one of the most erotic in that series, not far from sadomasochism. Nevertheless the bleeding drippings are not abundant and do not impair the beauty of that femme fatale.
This inkjet and acrylic on canvas 280 x 168 cm was sold for $ 9.7M by Christie's on May 10, 2016, lot 38 B. It is estimated HK $ 75M for sale by Sotheby's in Hong Kong on June 18, 2021, lot 8.
This inkjet and acrylic on canvas 280 x 168 cm was sold for $ 9.7M by Christie's on May 10, 2016, lot 38 B. It is estimated HK $ 75M for sale by Sotheby's in Hong Kong on June 18, 2021, lot 8.
Only 2 more days to go until ‘Jay Chou x Sotheby’s’ Evening Sale (18 June). Listen to #JayChou as he introduces Richard Prince’s Runaway Nurse. Read more: https://t.co/kzJDuZ99xm pic.twitter.com/ypsqNgwlLM
— Sotheby's (@Sothebys) June 16, 2021
2006 Runaway Nurse # 2
2011 SOLD for $ 6.8M by Phillips
Richard Prince executed in 2006 a smaller version 203 x 132 cm of his Runaway Nurse, numbered # 2. It was sold for $ 6.8M by Phillips on November 7, 2011, lot 18.
2006 Wayward Nurse
2011 SOLD for $ 4.6M by Phillips de Pury
Wayward Nurse, 166 x 127 cm, made in 2006 and subtitled Crashed by the artist in 2010, was sold for $ 4.6M on May 12, 2011 by Phillips de Pury, lot 14.
