George Condo - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Association with Poly Auction Hong Kong Tuesday, November 30, 2021 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
    Private Collection, Belgium
    Private Collection, Monaco
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Brussels, Xavier Hufkens, George Condo, 28 May - 4 July 2009, p. 9 (illustrated)

  • Literature

    Monopol | Magazin für Kunst und Leben, Berlin, February 2009, cover page (illustrated)

  • Artist Biography

    George Condo

    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.

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The Dreamer

signed, titled and dated 'Condo 08 "The DReamer"' on the reverse
oil on canvas
132.2 x 106.6 cm. (52 x 41 7/8 in.)
Painted in 2008.

Estimate
HK$4,600,000 - 6,200,000 
€521,000-702,000
$590,000-795,000

Sold for HK$11,140,000

Contact Specialist

Charlotte Raybaud
Head of Evening Sale, 20th Century & Contemporary Art
+852 2318 2026
CharlotteRaybaud@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Association with Poly Auction

Hong Kong Auction 30 November 2021