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George Condo
Estimate
350,000 - 450,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- George Condo
- Montserrat
- signed and dated 87; signed, titled and dated 87 on the reverse
- oil, encaustic and paper collage on canvas
- 78 1/2 by 54 3/4 in. 199.4 by 139.1 cm.
Provenance
The Pace Gallery, New York
Exhibited
Museum der Moderne Salzburg; Kunsthalle Bielefeld, George Condo: One Hundred Women, March - August 2005, p. 50, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good overall condition. Many edges of the collaged paper are lifting, which appear inherent to the medium. As as a result the paint over scattered edges of the collaged paper has cracked as a result of the lifting paper. The encaustic over the surface of the painting has yellowed with age. Unframed.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"The point is not to see how well somebody paints a figure, but something beyond that. A way of saying that the figure itself becomes a map of a number of intellectual processes involved in the idea of making an artwork. The figure is somehow the content and the non-content, the absolute collision of styles and the interruption of one direction by another, almost like channels being changed on the television set before you ever see what is on. All this adds up to one image, and most of the time, that image is a woman." - George Condo (Thomas Kellein, "Interview with George Condo, New York, 15 April 2004", Exh. Cat., George Condo: One Hundred Women, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2005, pp. 32-33)