Deborah Kass

Deborah Kass was an American painter, printmaker and photographer (born 1952). She was born at San Antonio.

Deborah Kass in brief

Born
1952
Known for
painter, printmaker and photographer
Place of birth
San Antonio
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Recognition and collections

Work by Deborah Kass is held by Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Whitney Museum of American Art and Pérez Art Museum Miami.

Catalogued works

4 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1989 to 2015.

Double Blue Barbra (The Jewish Jackie Series), dated 1992, held by Museum of Fine Arts Boston, inventory 1994.71a-b. Blue Deb, dated 2012, 7-color screenprint on 2-ply museum board, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2015.289. Women of science : righting the record / edited by G. Kass-Simon and Patricia Farnes ; associate editor Deborah Nash., dated 1989, held by Wellcome Collection. A guide to treatments that work / edited by Peter E. Nathan, Jack M. Gorman., dated 2015, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 3 named public collections.

Museum of Fine Arts Boston: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Kass, Deborah, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. 10 Deborah Kass Teenage Dream, Love and Degradation, 2025. Deborah Kass:, Love and Degradation, 2024. <i>Women of Science: Righting the Record</i>. G. Kass-Simon , Patricia Farnes , Deborah Nash, Isis, 1991. A Conversation on Lesbian Subjectivity and Painting with Deborah Kass, M/E/A/N/I/N/G, 2000.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 3 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Deborah Kass studied at Carnegie Mellon University, South Side High School and Carnegie Mellon School of Art. the recorded working language is English.

Work by Deborah Kass is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Whitney Museum of American Art and Pérez Art Museum Miami.

Chronology

  1. 1952Deborah Kass born at San Antonio.
  2. 1989Women of science : righting the record / edited by G. Kass-Simon and Patricia Farnes ; associate editor Deborah Nash. (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 1992Double Blue Barbra (The Jewish Jackie Series) (Museum of Fine Arts Boston).
  4. 2012Blue Deb (The Metropolitan Museum of Art).
  5. 2015A guide to treatments that work / edited by Peter E. Nathan, Jack M. Gorman. (Wellcome Collection).

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    <i>Women of Science: Righting the Record</i>. G. Kass-Simon , Patricia Farnes , Deborah Nash, Isis, 1991

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    10 Deborah Kass Teenage Dream, Love and Degradation, 2025

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    A Conversation on Lesbian Subjectivity and Painting with Deborah Kass, M/E/A/N/I/N/G, 2000

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Deborah Kass:, Love and Degradation, 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Kass, Deborah, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Gemeinsame Normdatei 1031263071, Exhibition Deborah Kass: Before and Happily Ever After (2012-2013 : Pittsburgh, Pa.).

    authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek

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  7. 7.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection record associated with Deborah Kass (1 object).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 2 works naming Deborah Kass.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q5248288: Deborah Kass

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Deborah Kass”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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