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Richard Pettibone — Le petit blanc
Richard Pettibone

Le petit blanc

1963

Richard Pettibone's *Le petit blanc* is a meticulous mixed media work that exemplifies the artist's signature approach of appropriating and miniaturizing iconic images from art history and popular culture. With painstaking precision, Pettibone transforms his source material into an intimate, small-scale object that challenges notions of originality, reproduction, and authorship. The work invites viewers to reconsider the relationship between the original and the copy, blurring the boundaries between homage and critique.

Medium
mixed media

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 17, 2017

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Richard Pettibone, Le petit blanc, 1963

Richard Pettibone's *Le petit blanc* is a meticulous mixed media work that exemplifies the artist's signature approach of appropriating and miniaturizing iconic images from art history and popular culture. With painstaking precision, Pettibone transforms his source material into an intimate, small-scale object that challenges notions of originality, reproduction, and authorship. The work invites viewers to reconsider the relationship between the original and the copy, blurring the boundaries between homage and critique.

Medium
mixed media
Year
1963
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Postmodern Art, 20th Century, Miniature Format, Appropriation Artist, Male Artist, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, American Artist, Pop Art, Small Format, Appropriation, Contemporary Art, Monochromatic, Minimalist Composition, Text-Based Art

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