“I think the most consistent thing in my work is this idea of humanity, of finding a way to represent the human consciousness in the representation through a portrait and so that portrait could represent what's not only the exterior appearance of that person but what's going through their mind and what emotional states could be happening to them and within them”
—George Condo
- Provenance
  Acquired directly from the artist 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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George Condo

Untitled

charcoal and charcoal wash on paper
41.9 x 30.1 cm (16 1/2 x 11 7/8 in.)
Executed in 2011.

Estimate
£25,000 - 35,000 ‡

Sold for £30,480

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London Auction 7 March 2025