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George Condo
Artist and Muse
- Estimate
- £10,000 - 15,000
£25,400
Lot Details
acrylic and charcoal on canvas
signed, dated and inscribed 'Condo Dec 2015 For Sophie xx' upper centre; inscribed 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sophie! xxxx' on the overlap; signed, titled and dated 'ARTIST + MUSE Condo Dec 2016' on the reverse
15 x 22 cm (5 7/8 x 8 5/8 in.)
Executed in 2015.
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Full-Cataloguing
Provenance
George Condo
AmericanPicasso once said, "Good artists borrow, great artists steal." Indeed, American artist George Condo frequently cites Picasso as an explicit source in his contemporary cubist compositions and joyous use of paint. Condo is known for neo-Modernist compositions staked in wit and the grotesque, which draw the eye into a highly imaginary world. Condo came up in the New York art world at a time when art favored brazen innuendo and shock. Student to Warhol, best friend to Basquiat and collaborator with William S. Burroughs, Condo tracked a different path. He was drawn to the endless inquiries posed by the aesthetics and formal considerations of Caravaggio, Rembrandt and the Old Masters.
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