The Collection of Blanca Sánchez Berciano, Madrid (acquired directly from the artist in 1986) Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2018
Exhibited
Círculo de Bellas Artes de Madrid, Blanca Doble: El mundo y la colección de Blanca Sánchez Berciano, 9 October - 14 December 2014, p.163 (illustrated)
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.
inscribed 'Madrid' upper left; signed, dedicated and dated 'Para Blanca de Condo 86.12' upper right coloured pencil on paper 31.4 x 24.7 cm (12 3/8 x 9 3/4 in.) Executed in 1986.
