John McWhinnie at Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Richard Prince: American Prayer, March - June 2011, p. 149, illustrated

This work is in very good condition overall. The left piece has pins and pinholes in the four corners. Both works have evidence of wear and handling, resulting in spots of paint loss, craquelure networks and surface abrasions on the left panel. The wear to these works is inherent to the artist's choice of found medium. The left panel is pinned to the matte at the 4 corners and the right work is mounted verso to the matte. Both framed under Plexiglas.
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“I’m painting nurses. I like their hats. Their aprons. Their shoes. My mother was a nurse. My sister was a nurse. My grandmother and two cousins were nurses. I collect ‘nurse’ books. Paperbacks. You can’t miss them. They’re all over the airport. I like the words ‘nurse’, ‘nurses’, ‘nursing’. I’m recovering.” Richard Prince ("Like a Beautiful Scar On Your Head”, Modern Painters, Special American Issue, Autumn 2002, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 68-75)