Richard Prince is an American painter and photographer, who began his career in 1977 by appropriating photographs: meaning the artist pulls from the work of others, in a modified way, in order to create his own work.
The most well-known paintings by Prince, are his works from the so-called “Nurse Series”. A series that is mainly inspired by the covers of cheap pulp novels. Prince initially scanned the cover images, after which they were transferred onto a canvas and personalized by acrylic paint. The titles of the series include “Naughty nurse”, “Millionaire Nurse”, “Surfer Nurse”, after the titles of the book covers they were appropriated from.
Although heavily criticized at first, the Nurses are now priced in the millions.
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| Richard Prince: A nurse on horseback |
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| Richard Prince: Tender Nurse |
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