“They [portrait drawings] were part of my daily routine. To get up, have coffee and just draw... They represent the fear and sadness of the distancing we all have to be a part of.”
—George Condo, 2020
- Provenance
  Gladstone Gallery, New York
  Acquired from the above by the present owner
- Exhibited
  New York, Gladstone Gallery, Drawing 2020, September 24–December 5, 2020, p. 44 (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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George Condo

Out of Time and In Space

signed and dated "Condo June 29, 2020" upper left
Aquarelle pencil and wash and ink on paper
26 x 40 in. (66 x 101.6 cm)
Executed in 2020.

Estimate
$200,000 - 300,000

Sold for $419,100

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New York Auction 16 May 2023