Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, St. Moritz
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich; Caratsch de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, George Condo: Sculptures, 25 September - 15 November 2003, no. 21, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)
Simon Baker, George Condo: Painting Reconfigured, London, 2015, p. 215 (another example illustrated)
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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