
Piet Mondrian, 'Composition with Yellow, Red, Black, Blue and Gray,' 1920
This meticulously crafted miniature painting is Richard Pettibone's faithful reproduction of Piet Mondrian's iconic 1920 geometric abstraction, rendered in oil on canvas at a dramatically reduced scale. The work features Mondrian's signature grid-based composition of black lines dividing fields of primary colors — yellow, red, and blue — alongside black and gray, embodying the De Stijl principles of pure abstraction and universal harmony. Presented in the artist's own handmade frame, Pettibone's appropriation pays homage to modernist masterworks while simultaneously questioning notions of originality, authorship, and the value placed on scale in art.
- Medium
- oil on canvas, in artist's frame
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
May 15, 2015
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