George Condo - Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York New York Wednesday, February 26, 2025 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Andrea Caratsch, Zurich
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011

  • 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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George Condo

The Captain's Wife

stamped with the artist's initials, number and date "GC 02 4/4" lower edge; stamped with the foundry mark "KUNSTGIESSEREI ST. GALLEN" on the underside
bronze with black patina
9 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (23.2 x 17.1 x 21.9 cm)
Executed in 2002, this work is number 4 from an edition of 4.

Estimate
$25,000 - 35,000 

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Modern & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York

26 February - 11 March 2025