George Condo - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session New York Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Galerie Nichido, Japan
    Private Collection
    Acquired from the above 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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Religions of its Time

signed and dated "Condo 86" lower right; signed, dedicated, titled and dated "For Bernard,-Paris 11-6-86 For Religions of its Time (This Painting) Condo 86" on the reverse
oil on canvas
19 3/4 x 24 in. (50.2 x 61 cm)
Painted in 1986.

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $190,500

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Morning Session

New York Auction 15 November 2023