Provenance : Private Bordeaux collection. Mike Bidlo is best known for his incredibly accurate replications of masterworks by important twentieth century artists, including Picasso, Matisse, Man Ray, Duchamp, Leger, Pollock, and Warhol. Bidlo's earliest pieces were partially performances, such as "Jack the Dripper at Peg's Place" (1982) for which he painted replicas of Jackson Pollock's drip paintings and re-enacted Pollock's infamous act of urinating into Peggy Guggenheim's fireplace (which Bidlo finds relevant to Pollock's painting technique and is related to Bidlo's later recreations of Warhol's urine splashed "Oxidation" paintings). 

"My work is perhaps an extreme example of this strain of art which references other art because it directly mirrors the image, scale, and materials of the original. Whatever differences appear in my work are a consequence of my working method and not an attempt at projecting a personal style."