Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
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

Untitled

1988
pastel on paper
13 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (33.7 x 23.5 cm)
Signed and dated "Condo 88" upper left; further initialed "GC" lower right.

Estimate
$3,000 - 5,000

Sold for $5,250

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New York Auction 17 September 2015