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Richard Pettibone — Marcel Duchamp, 'Bicycle Wheel', 1913-1964
Richard Pettibone

Marcel Duchamp, 'Bicycle Wheel', 1913-1964

2001

A meticulously rendered miniature reproduction of Marcel Duchamp's iconic readymade, *Bicycle Wheel*, painted in oil on canvas and presented in a frame crafted by Pettibone himself. This work exemplifies Pettibone's signature practice of replicating landmark works of modern art at a dramatically reduced scale, simultaneously paying homage to and critically interrogating concepts of originality and authorship. By translating Duchamp's three-dimensional found-object sculpture into a tiny painted image, Pettibone layers yet another level of appropriation onto one of art history's most celebrated challenges to traditional notions of the art object.

Medium
oil on canvas, in artist's frame

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 17, 2017

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Richard Pettibone, Marcel Duchamp, 'Bicycle Wheel', 1913-1964, 2001

A meticulously rendered miniature reproduction of Marcel Duchamp's iconic readymade, *Bicycle Wheel*, painted in oil on canvas and presented in a frame crafted by Pettibone himself. This work exemplifies Pettibone's signature practice of replicating landmark works of modern art at a dramatically reduced scale, simultaneously paying homage to and critically interrogating concepts of originality and authorship. By translating Duchamp's three-dimensional found-object sculpture into a tiny painted image, Pettibone layers yet another level of appropriation onto one of art history's most celebrated challenges to traditional notions of the art object.

Medium
oil on canvas, in artist's frame
Year
2001
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Miniature Format, Found Object Subject, Miniaturist, Male Artist, Intellectual Mood, Conceptual Art, Contemporary Artist, Replica And Homage, Appropriation Art, American Artist, Pop Art, Small Format, Monochromatic, Neutral Tones, Found Object Reference, Postmodern Era, Oil on Canvas

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