George Condo - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Wednesday, October 5, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Private Collection
    Phillips, New York, 14 November 2008, lot 347
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • 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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127

Untitled

signed and dated 'Condo 88-89' lower left
charcoal, acrylic and pastel on paper
57.5 x 75 cm (22 5/8 x 29 1/2 in.)
Executed in 1988-1989.

Estimate
£20,000 - 30,000 

Sold for £25,000

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 6 October 2016