Richard Pettibone

{{Short description|American painter (1938–2024)}}

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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.{{cite web |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Richard Pettibone, Master of the Artistic Miniature, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/arts/richard-pettibone-dead.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=26 April 2025 |date=27 September 2024}} He copied paintings, including those by Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, and Roy Lichtenstein and sculptures including Warhol's Brillo boxes and Duchamp's readymades.{{cite web |last1=Greenberger |first1=Alex |title=Richard Pettibone, Artist Who Appropriated Others’ Paintings for His Own Work, Dies at 86 |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/richard-pettibone-artist-dead-1234717616/ |website=ARTnews |access-date=26 April 2025 |date=13 September 2024}}{{cite web |last1=Walsh |first1=Brienne |title=Jesus Made Pettibone Mock His Idols |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/richard-pettibone-leo-castelli-recent-works-58453/ |website=ARTnews |access-date=26 April 2025 |date=15 September 2011}} The FLAG Art Foundation describes Pettibone's style as Appropriation Art.{{cite web |title=Richard Pettibone: Endless Variation |url=https://www.flagartfoundation.org/exhibitions/richard-pettibone-endless-variation |website=The FLAG Art Foundation |access-date=26 April 2025}} Pettibone attended the Otis Art Institute.{{cite web |title=Richard Pettibone |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/richard-pettibone |website=Sothebys |access-date=26 April 2025 |language=en}} 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,{{cite web |title=Stella: Tahkt - l Sulayman I |url=https://dia.org/collection/stella-tahkt-l-sulayman-i-100698 |website=Detroit Institute of Arts Museum |access-date=26 April 2025 |language=en}} the Museum of Fine Arts Boston,{{cite web |title=Andy Warhol, Tomato, 1962 |url=https://collections.mfa.org/objects/35603 |website=Museum of Fine Arts Boston |access-date=26 April 2025 |language=en}} the Museum of Modern Art,{{cite web |title=Richard Pettibone |url=https://www.moma.org/artists/4587-richard-pettibone |website=The Museum of Modern Art |access-date=26 April 2025 |language=en}} the National Gallery of Art,{{cite web |title=Richard Pettibone |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.10096.html |website=National Gallery of Art |access-date=26 April 2025}} and the Whitney Museum of American Art.{{cite web |title=Richard Pettibone {{!}} UP M1002 and Four MPH #1 |url=https://whitney.org/collection/works/16302 |website=Whitney Museum of American Art |access-date=26 April 2025 |language=en}}