''Nurse'' is a painting by American
pop art painter
Roy Lichtenstein made in 1964.
''Nurse'' was at one time the 34th
most expensive painting ever sold, purchased in November 9, 2015, by an anonymous buyer for $95,365,000, the then-record price for a piece by an American pop art painter. It had previously sold at auction in 1995 for $1.7 million.
Christie's, the auction house involved for the sale, called ''Nurse'' "a quintessential Lichtenstein heroine" and stated that the subject was taken from a 1960s comic romance novel.
Technical specifications
Technique: Oil and magna on canvas.
Dimensions: 48 x 48 in. (121.9 x 121.9 cm.).
Signed and dated ‘rf Lichtenstein '64’ (on the reverse).
See also
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List of most expensive paintings
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for paintings. The current record price is approximately United States dollar, US$450.3 million (which includes Commission (remuneration), commission), paid for Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi (L ...
References
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Paintings by Roy Lichtenstein
1964 paintings
Cultural depictions of nurses