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Offset Lithograph - From an edition believed to be of 500 - Released in 2015 at the Gagosian Gallery (London)

Richard Prince's Instagram New Portraits - Queen Elizabeth II (2015) is an offset lithograph that recontextualizes a classic image of Queen Elizabeth II through the lens of social media. Part of his New Portraits series, the work features a reproduction of an Instagram post showing the queen in regal attire, accompanied by provocative and cryptic comments below. Prince, known for appropriating images and exploring authorship, uses this print to blur the boundaries between traditional portraiture and contemporary digital culture. By incorporating Instagram’s familiar interface, the artwork comments on the intersection of celebrity, identity, and online personas in the digital age, challenging viewers' perceptions of authenticity and ownership.

Richard Prince (USA, 1949) is a pioneering contemporary artist known for his provocative appropriation art. By rephotographing advertisements, altering pop culture imagery, and exploring themes of authorship, identity, and consumerism, Prince challenges notions of originality and artistic ownership. His controversial works are pivotal in the discourse on modern art.

Richard Prince

Instagram New Portraits - Queen Elizabeth II , 2015

Name: Instagram New Portraits - Queen Elizabeth II , 2015
SKU: 10052
Price: 4790.00 GBP
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Limited Edition Print

Limited Edition PrintA limited edition print is one of a number of prints made at the same time from one printmaking plate. A fixed number are made and signed by the artist, indicating the printing order, using the format 1/10, meaning first of ten prints.

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Offset Print

Offset PrintOffset lithography is a printing technique where the inked image is first transferred (offset) from a plate to a rubber blanket and then to the printing surface. This method combines the lithographic process, which relies on the repulsion of water and oil, to keep non-printing areas ink-free by attracting a water-based film. Offset lithography was originally developed to reduce costs in reproducing artwork and is widely used for high-volume printing due to its efficiency and ability to produce sharp, consistent images.

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Edition of Unknown size

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My studio is the only place I feel good in. There, I'm fearless; outside, I'm a mess.
- Richard Prince

Renowned for his use of appropriated imagery, Richard Prince is a painter and photographer whose works often reimagine existing photographs and media in an attempt to encourage the viewer to look at them from a different perspective – his Cowboy series features several ‘rephotographs’ (a photograph of a photograph) of the original Marlboro cigarette adverts that featured a lone cowboy; in choosing such an iconic subject, Prince hopes to strip it of context and simultaneously celebrate and expose it as a false construct. Asides from his ‘rephotography’, Prince has also created an extensive body of ‘joke paintings’ - the jokes are usually simple and rely on a punchline, one such example being “I never had a penny to my name, so I changed my name.” Prince was in inspired by the work of Jackson Pollock from an early age, noting that he was drawn to someone who was “fairly antisocial, kind of a loner, someone who was noncollaborative” - he was also inspired by the painting techniques of Willem de Kooning. (Artist website)

Artwork by Shepard Fairey

What is appropriation?

Appropriation in art involves using pre-existing images or objects with little or no modification. This technique has played a significant role across various art forms, including visual arts, music, performance, and literature. In visual arts, appropriation refers to the practice of adopting, sampling, recycling, or borrowing elements—or even entire forms—of existing visual culture, integrating them into new works to create meaning or critique.

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Richard Prince

Instagram New Portraits - Queen Elizabeth II , 2015

60 x 42 cm

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