Lot 74
More Sketches of Spain - For Miles Davis #8 1991
aquatint and etching, ed. 34/40
signed lower right: George Condo
editioned lower left
accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Collins & Kent International Fine Art, Melbourne
118.5 x 85.5cm (image); 144 x 108cm (frame)
Estimate $2,000 - $4,000
Collins & Kent International Fine Art, Melbourne
Private collection, Melbourne
George Condo uses various art historical styles in his work, alluding to painters such as Pablo Picasso, Paul Cézanne, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, and Willem de Kooning. Condo asserts that all of these approaches to painting now exist at the same time, and that the discipline is defined not by its ability to invent, but by its ability to reconfigure and retool styles for new audiences.
Miles Davis, referred to in the title, practiced a free-form jazz that spiralled in and out of structure. To dance to Davis is a symbol for difficulty. Condo finds metaphoric footing in jazz and a complexity in cubism mixed with pop art and conceptual critique.
© George Condo/Copyright Agency, 2024
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