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UP M1002 and Four MPH #1

Richard PettiboneWW-1970-174049

1970·Acrylic on canvas, with frame·Overall: 4 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (12.1 × 31.8 cm)

<p>Richard Pettibone, <em>UP M1002 and Four MPH #1</em>, 1970. Acrylic on canvas, with frame, overall: 4 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (12.1 × 31.8 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Saralee and Robert Fine 2017.49</p>

Catalogue

Year: 1970
Medium: Acrylic on canvas, with frame
Dimensions: Overall: 4 3/4 × 12 1/2 in. (12.1 × 31.8 cm)
Collection: Whitney Museum of American Art
Artist: Richard Pettibone

Artist

Richard Pettibone

Painting

Richard Pettibone is an American artist known for meticulously scaled-down reproductions of canonical twentieth-century paintings and sculptures, executed with forensic precision in oil, acrylic, and mixed media. Working since the 1960s, he miniaturized masterworks by artists including Picasso, Pollock, and Warhol, collapsing the distance between appropriation and reverence through intimate replication. His practice interrogates authenticity, labor, and the commodity status of the artwork without irony or critique, instead treating each micro-version as a form of devotional study.

Los Angeles, CA, USA

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