George Condo - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Friday, March 8, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, St. Moritz
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich; Caratsch de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, George Condo: Sculptures, 25 September - 15 November 2003, no. 21, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    Simon Baker, George Condo: Painting Reconfigured, London, 2015, p. 215 (another example illustrated)

  • 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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Ophelia

incised with the artist's signature, number and date 'Condo 90 6/8' on the underside
bronze
106.5 x 45 x 42 cm (41 7/8 x 17 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.)
Executed in 1990, this work is number 6 from an edition of 8.

Estimate
£80,000 - 120,000 

Sold for £76,200

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 8 March 2024