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Richard Pettibone — Piet Mondrian, 'Composition with Yellow, Red, Black, Blue and Gray,' 1920
Richard Pettibone

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

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

May 15, 2015

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Richard Pettibone, 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
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Postmodernism, Miniature Painting, De Stijl Reference, Artist's Frame, Miniaturist, Male Artist, Primary Colors, Conceptual Art, Postmodern, Grid Composition, Contemporary Artist, Appropriation Art, American Artist, Homage To Mondrian, Geometric Abstraction, Abstract Geometric, Oil on Canvas

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