George Condo - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Monday, June 27, 2016 | Phillips
  • 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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178

Untitled

1985
pastel on paper
29.5 x 21.2 cm (11 5/8 x 8 3/8 in.)
Signed and dated 'Condo 85' upper left.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 

Sold for £3,500

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Henry Highley
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 28 June 2016