George Condo
George Condo
1957
Portrait de Femme. 1990.
Oil on canvas.
116 x 81 cm (45.6 x 31.8 in).
[AR].
• PORTRAIT Splendid composition blending grotesque and pathos—highly distorted, touching, and deeply human.
• ARTIFICIAL REALISM Condos’ humanoid figure heightens emotion to the extreme, a masterful blend of comedy and tragedy.
• MARKET DEBUT Offered on the international auction market for the first time (source: artprice.com).
• EXHIBITION In 2011/12, his major traveling exhibition “Mental States” was shown in New York, Rotterdam, London, and Frankfurt am Main.
• RETROSPECTIVE Most recently at the Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, in 2025/26.
PROVENANCE: Bruno Bischofberger Gallery, Zurich.
Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich.
Private collection, Southern Germany.
"It's what I call artificial realism. That's what I do. I try to depict a character’s train of thoughts simultaneously—hysteria, joy, sadness, desperation. If you could see these things all at once, that would be like what I’m trying to make you see in my art.”
George Condo, quoted from: Stuart Jeffries, “Interview with George Condo,” The Guardian, February 10, 2014, online: www.theguardian.com
George Condo
1957
Portrait de Femme. 1990.
Oil on canvas.
116 x 81 cm (45.6 x 31.8 in).
[AR].
• PORTRAIT Splendid composition blending grotesque and pathos—highly distorted, touching, and deeply human.
• ARTIFICIAL REALISM Condos’ humanoid figure heightens emotion to the extreme, a masterful blend of comedy and tragedy.
• MARKET DEBUT Offered on the international auction market for the first time (source: artprice.com).
• EXHIBITION In 2011/12, his major traveling exhibition “Mental States” was shown in New York, Rotterdam, London, and Frankfurt am Main.
• RETROSPECTIVE Most recently at the Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, in 2025/26.
PROVENANCE: Bruno Bischofberger Gallery, Zurich.
Karl Pfefferle Gallery, Munich.
Private collection, Southern Germany.
"It's what I call artificial realism. That's what I do. I try to depict a character’s train of thoughts simultaneously—hysteria, joy, sadness, desperation. If you could see these things all at once, that would be like what I’m trying to make you see in my art.”
George Condo, quoted from: Stuart Jeffries, “Interview with George Condo,” The Guardian, February 10, 2014, online: www.theguardian.com
