George Condo - Contemporary Art Day Sale London Wednesday, October 15, 2014 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Leo Koenig Inc., New York
    Galerie Bischofberger, Zurich

  • 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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146

Late Night in St. Moritz

1990
pastel, charcoal, gouache, paper collage on canvas
160 x 150 cm (62 7/8 x 59 in.)
Signed and dated 'Condo 90' lower right.

Estimate
£60,000 - 80,000 

Sold for £68,500

Contact Specialist
Henry Highley
Head of Day Sale

+44 207 318 4061

Contemporary Art Day Sale

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