Sturtevant

(American, 1924–2014)

Sturtevant was an American Conceptual artist known for her appropriation of works by her contemporaries. Perhaps her best known of these is her series Warhol Flowers, which she showed only weeks after Andy Warhol debuted them. “My early work was really about how you could create new space through new thinking. It was conceptually based, conceptuality being the development of forward movement,” she once explained. “At that time, repetition for just repetition’s sake became evident, and more people started to seize more images and reuse them.” Born Elaine Frances Horan on August 23, 1924 in Lakewood, OH, she received her BA from the University of Iowa before earning an MA in psychology from the Teachers College of Columbia University. Briefly married to an advertising executive named Ira Sturtevant, the couple divorced but she kept his name. Friends with Warhol, Jasper Johns, and other Pop artists, she drew controversy in the 1960s and 1970s for her appropriation of Claes Oldenburg, who became furious after she recreated one of his sculptures. Many critics panned her work until the mid-1980s, when questions about authenticity and its relationship to history became central to contemporary discourse. Sturtevant died on May 7, 2014 in Paris, France. Later in 2014, the first comprehensive survey exhibition of her work “Sturtevant: Double Trouble” opened at The Museum of Modern Art in New York. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris, among others.

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Sturtevant (228 results)
Flower (After Warhol), 1971

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Flower (After Warhol), 1971

Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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Johns White Numbers, 1991

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Johns White Numbers, 1991

Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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Warhol Flowers, 1969–1970

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Warhol Flowers, 1969–1970

Sale Date: November 15, 2012

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Warhol Flowers, 1969–1970

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Warhol Flowers, 1969–1970

Sale Date: September 21, 2012

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Plate 137, After Muybridge - Woman with..., 1966

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Plate 137, After Muybridge - Woman with..., 1966

Sale Date: September 19, 2012

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Sculpture de voyage, after Duchamp; Duchamp In...

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Sculpture de voyage, after Duchamp; Duchamp In...

Sale Date: September 19, 2012

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Dillinger Running Series, 2000

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Dillinger Running Series, 2000

Sale Date: June 28, 2012

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Sturtevant, 1989

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Sturtevant, 1989

Sale Date: May 23, 2012

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Study for Warhol Flowers, 1971

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Study for Warhol Flowers, 1971

Sale Date: May 11, 2012

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Warhol Flowers, 1965

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Warhol Flowers, 1965

Sale Date: May 9, 2012

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Johns Target with Four Faces, 1987–1990

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Johns Target with Four Faces, 1987–1990

Sale Date: May 9, 2012

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Study for Warhol's Marilyn, 1973

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Study for Warhol's Marilyn, 1973

Sale Date: May 10, 2012

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Raysse, peinture à haute tension, 1968–1969

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Raysse, peinture à haute tension, 1968–1969

Sale Date: November 17, 2011

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Lichtenstein, frighten girl, 1966

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Lichtenstein, frighten girl, 1966

Sale Date: November 8, 2011

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Warhol flowers, 1965

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Warhol flowers, 1965

Sale Date: September 21, 2011

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Red horseman (Lichtenstein study), 1988

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Red horseman (Lichtenstein study), 1988

Sale Date: September 23, 2011

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Johns White numbers, 1991

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Johns White numbers, 1991

Sale Date: May 12, 2011

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Peinture a haute tension, 1969

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Peinture a haute tension, 1969

Sale Date: December 13, 2010

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Lichtenstein tire, 1966

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Lichtenstein tire, 1966

Sale Date: September 22, 2010

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Red horseman (Lichtenstein study), 1988

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Red horseman (Lichtenstein study), 1988

Sale Date: July 1, 2010

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Beuys La Rivoluzione siamo noi, 1988

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Beuys La Rivoluzione siamo noi, 1988

Sale Date: May 8, 2010

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Peinture à haute tension, 1969

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Peinture à haute tension, 1969

Sale Date: February 12, 2010

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Peinture à haute tension, 1969

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Peinture à haute tension, 1969

Sale Date: December 6, 2009

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Oldenburg store object, pie case (in 6 parts), 1967

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Oldenburg store object, pie case (in 6 parts), 1967

Sale Date: November 12, 2009

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