George Condo - New Now New York Tuesday, September 28, 2021 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Matt Dike (acquired directly from the artist)
    Thence by descent to 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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Property from the Collection of Matt Dike, Los Angeles

123

Untitled

signed, inscribed and dated "Condo 6 • 83" lower right
crayon and graphite on paper
24 1/8 x 38 1/8 in. (61.3 x 96.8 cm)
Executed in 1983.

Estimate
$6,000 - 8,000 

Sold for $35,280

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Patrizia Koenig

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New York Auction 28 September 2021