Double Red Yentl, Split (My Elvis), 1993
Screenprint and synthetic polymer on canvas
Overall: 72 1/4 x 72 in. (183.5 x 182.9 cm.)
Right panel: 72 x 36 1/8 in. (182.9 x 91.8 cm.)
Left panel: 72 1/4 x 36 in. (183.5 x 91.4 cm.)
Purchased with funds provided by Joan and Laurence Kleinman
1993-120a-b ' ; $object_caption = 'Deborah Kass
Double Red Yentl, Split (My Elvis), 1993
Screenprint and synthetic polymer on canvas

1993-120a-b ' ; $object_summary = 'Deborah Kass appropriates Andy Warhol\'s full-length portrait of Elvis Presley for her depiction of Barbra Steisand. She merges her Jewish identity with her lesbian identity, substituting a female actress performing in Yeshiva-boy drag for the rock star\'s iconic image of cool American virility.

Currently on view in the Permanent Exhibition. '; ?>