George Condo - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Friday, April 16, 2021 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne
    Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 1985-6

  • 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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Untitled

signed and dated 'Condo '84' on the reverse
oil on canvas, in artist’s frame
30.5 x 24.5 cm (12 x 9 5/8 in.)
Painted in 1984.

Estimate
£30,000 - 50,000 

Sold for £80,640

Contact Specialist

 

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Specialist, Director, Head of Day Sale, 20th Century & Contemporary Art

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 16 April 2021