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Lisa Yuskavage

Dumb Flowers, 1999

Now On View

Description

Maker

Lisa Yuskavage, b. 1962, American

Title

Dumb Flowers

Year

1999

Medium

Color monotype on paper

Dimensions

Image: 45.7 x 55.9 cm (18 x 22 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On verso, PLEXIGLASS at bottom; Marianne Boesky Gallery label

Type

Credit

Anonymous gift

Object Number

2018.117.148

Exhibition History

Modern and Contemporary Galleries

In this lush monotype, Lisa Yuskavage humorously pairs a nude female torso with the head of a rabbit, an animal associated with lust and passion. A second female nude is barely visible at the opposite side of the sheet.

Yuskavage—known for creating erotic female figures sometimes in surreal or floral landscapes—titled this work Dumb Flowers. She alludes to the stereotype of “dumb blondes” while also centering attention on the cartoonish, erotically charged flowers in the middle of the painting.

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