George Condo - Desktop: Online Auction London Wednesday, April 15, 2020 | Phillips

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  • Description

    Please note this lot is the property of a private individual.

  • Provenance

    Maurice Lefebre-Foinet, Paris
    Private Collection, France (thence by descent)
    Christie's, Paris, 29 September 2010, lot 198
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • 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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Untitled

signed and dated 'G Condo 14.3.94' on the stretcher
oil on canvas
28.6 x 17.8 cm (11 1/4 x 7 in.)
Painted in 1994.

Estimate
£5,000 - 7,000 

Sold for £15,000

Contact Specialist

Charlotte Gibbs

Head of Sale, London

+44 20 7901 7993

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Online Auction 15 - 23 April 2020