George Condo - Contemporary Art Part II New York Friday, May 16, 2008 | Phillips

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  • Provenance


    Estate of David Sneider, USA; Private collection, USA

  • 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

1999
Oilstick and pastel on paper. 
42 x 36 5/8 in. (106.7 x 93 cm).
Signed and dated "Condo 99" upper left; inscribed "for David with love" upper right. 

Estimate
$50,000 - 70,000 

Sold for $111,400

Contemporary Art Part II

16 May 2008, 10am & 2pm
New York