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 re-appropriating by scanning the cover pages from dime-store medical thrillers of the 1950s and 1960s selected in his own collection.
The new technique is an inkjet print finished in acrylic on canvas. They display the basic elements of modern pictorial success : large size, sex, death and often wealth.
By coincidence his appropriation of nurses anticipates by a few months the outbreak of the SARS coronavirus pandemic whose first cases appeared in November 2002..
Most of these earliest Nurses are gently appealing from behind their mask.
Nevertheless Prince's women are criminals, not helpers or 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.
From 2005 some 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.
In 2002 the series of Nurses brings a female companion, now re-appropriating by scanning the cover pages from dime-store medical thrillers of the 1950s and 1960s selected in his own collection.
The new technique is an inkjet print finished in acrylic on canvas. They display the basic elements of modern pictorial success : large size, sex, death and often wealth.
By coincidence his appropriation of nurses anticipates by a few months the outbreak of the SARS coronavirus pandemic whose first cases appeared in November 2002..
Most of these earliest Nurses are gently appealing from behind their mask.
Nevertheless Prince's women are criminals, not helpers or 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.
From 2005 some 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.
2002 Park Avenue Nurse
2019 SOLD for $ 6.2M by Sotheby's
sold for $ 6.2M from a lower estimate of $ 5M by Sotheby's on November 14, 2019, lot 4.
2002 Nurse Elsa
2016 SOLD for $ 5.8M by Christie's
sold for $ 5.8M from a lower estimate of $ 5M by Christie's on November 15, 2016, lot 23A.
2002 Nurse Barclay's Dilemma
2019 SOLD for $ 5.7M by Christie's
sold for $ 5.7M from a lower estimate of $ 4.5M by Christie's on November 13, 2019, lot 41 B.
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 gaze and the position of the hands express a conflict.
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
The three quarter length Man-Crazy Nurse is rigged with dense drippings. The original background is replaced by gestural strokes of colors. This ink jet print and acrylic on canvas 200 x 148 cm was sold for $ 7.4M by Christie's on May 13, 2008. It is illustrated in the post sale report shared by Artnet.
Painted in 2003, the #3 of the Man Crazy Nurse is a mid length figure with dripping limited to the white gown.
Painted in 2003, the #3 of the Man Crazy Nurse is a mid length figure with dripping limited to the white gown.
2002 Piney Woods Nurse
2007 SOLD for $ 6.1M by Christie's
sold for $ 6.1M from a lower estimate of $ 1.8M by Christie's on November 13, 2007, lot 6.
dense dripping
dense dripping
2004 Nurse in Hollywood
2010 SOLD for $ 6.5M by Phillips de Pury
Painted in 2004, Nurse in Hollywood # 4, 175 x 107 cm, 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. The artist completely erased the male suitor behind her.
2005 Nurse on Trial
2014 SOLD for $ 5.8M by Christie's
sold for $ 5.8M from a lower estimate of $ 5M by Christie's on November 12, 2014, lot 62.
The half length nurse with her white mask is standing proud and clean against a dark green background.
The half length nurse with her white mask is standing proud and clean against a dark green background.
2005-2006 Runaway Nurse
2021 SOLD for HK$ 94M by Sotheby's
The life size Runaway Nurse realized in 2005-2006 widely opened her blouse over a luxury lingerie with bare shoulders and belly. It is indeed one of the most erotic in that series, not far from sadomasochism.
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 and for HK $ 94M by Sotheby's on June 18, 2021, lot 8.
Made in 2006, Wayward Nurse, 166 x 127 cm, was significantly subtitled subtitled Crashed by the artist in 2010. it was sold for $ 4.6M by Phillips de Pury on May 12, 2011,, lot 14.
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 and for HK $ 94M by Sotheby's on June 18, 2021, lot 8.
Made in 2006, Wayward Nurse, 166 x 127 cm, was significantly subtitled subtitled Crashed by the artist in 2010. it was sold for $ 4.6M by Phillips de Pury on May 12, 2011,, lot 14.
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.
