Triple Silver Yentl (My Elvis)

Deborah Kass

1992

Screenprint and acrylic on canvas featuring three identical full length portraits of a figure in hat and suit.
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Deborah Kass

b. 1952

San Antonio–born artist Deborah Kass is known for work that addresses identity, popular culture, contemporary art, and art history. Her work is found in many public collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Kass is a senior critic in the Yale University painting MFA program and lives in New York.

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