Luhring Augustine, New York
Leo Koenig Inc., New York
Levy Collection, New York
Phillips de Pury & Company, London, 29 June 2008, lot 234
Simon Lee Gallery, London
Galerie Andrea Caratsch, St. Moritz
Acquired from the above by the present owner
New York, Leo König Gallery, ...As time goes by, 1 December 2003 - 3 January 2004
American
Picasso 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.