Richard Pettibone

1938–2024

Introduction

Richard Pettibone (b.January 5, 1938, Alhambra, California – d. August 19, 2024, Cobleskill, New York) was an American artist. He was known for duplicating in miniature noted contemporary artworks. He copied paintings, including those by Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein and sculptures including Warhol's Brillo boxes and Duchamp's readymades. The FLAG Art Foundation describes Pettibone's style as Appropriation Art. Pettibone attended the Otis Art Institute. His first wife was fellow artist Shirley Pettibone. That marriage ended in divorce.

Several of his miniature reproductions are in the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Wikidata identifier

Q20825678

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Introduction

Painter was first noted from the late 1960s for his copies of contemporary works by Warhol, Stella, and others. He was interested in Ezra Pound, and copied his book covers for a series of works in the 1990s. Pettibone also made Photorealist paintings during the 1970s.

Country of birth

United States

Roles

Artist, conceptual artist, installation artist, painter, sculptor

ULAN identifier

500106744

Names

Richard Pettibone, Richard H. Pettibone

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First acquired
2006

Date of birth
January 5, 1938

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