George Condo

Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is deeper and richer in the original, with more prominent pink undertones to the flesh. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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'I wanted to capture the characters in these paintings at the extreme height of whatever moment they're in - in that static moment of chaos - and to picture them as abstract compositions that are set in destitute places and isolated rooms. Everything takes place in a relatively impoverished kind of situation. In that sense I thought a little about Hopper capturing the despair of loneliness.'
George Condo cited in: Ralph Rugoff, George Condo Existential Portraits, New York 2006, p. 8