George Condo - New Now New York Tuesday, February 28, 2017 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist in 1993

  • Artist Biography

    George Condo

    American • 1957

    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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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DAVID BOWES

60

Untitled

signed, dated and dedicated "For David Bowes Condo 93.6" upper right
pastel on paper
31 x 22 1/2 in. (78.7 x 57.2 cm.)
Executed in 1993.

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for $23,750

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New York Auction 28 February 2017