Galerie Monika Sprüth, Cologne
Riccardo Tettamanti
Christie's, London, February 9, 2007, lot 311
Estate of Nancy Hoguet Tilghman
Doyle, New York, April 20, 2021, lot 1044
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
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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