Lot 179
  • 179

GEORGE CONDO | The Informer

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • George Condo
  • The Informer
  • stamped with the artist's initials, dated 02 and numbered 2/4 on the reverse of the head; stamped with the foundry mark Kunstgiesserei St Gallen on the inside of the head
  • gilded bronze
  • 22.5 by 22 by 16.5 cm. 8 7/8 by 8 5/8 by 6 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 2002, this work is number 2 from an edition of 4, plus 2 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Simon Lee Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly cooler in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. All surface irregularities are in keeping with the artist's working process.
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Catalogue Note

“In the beginning I took fragments of architecture to create a person, now I take a person and fragment them to make architecture” (George Condo cited in: Laura Hoptman, ‘Abstraction as a State of Mind’, in: Exh. Cat., New York, New Museum, George Condo: Mental States, 2011, p. 24).