George Condo. Portrait and Head. 2024.

This striking composition exemplifies Condo’s instantly recognizable visual language — a sophisticated fusion of fractured Cubist structure, psychological portraiture, and post-modern satire that the artist famously defines as Artificial Realism. The work occupies the charged space between abstraction and figuration, where emotion, humor, and unease coexist in perfect tension.

George Condo emerged in New York City during the late 1970s and early 1980s, working alongside and in direct dialogue with artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf, Julian Schnabel, and Andy Warhol. Condo famously worked at Warhol’s Factory, placing him at the epicenter of contemporary culture during one of the most important creative periods in modern art history. While many of his contemporaries leaned toward gesture or symbolism, Condo distinguished himself through an intellectually rigorous re-examination of the human psyche.

“Portrait and Head” presents a distorted yet deeply expressive figure rendered through bold color fields, fractured planes, and exaggerated features — hallmarks of Condo’s most sought-after works. These “psychological cubist” portraits are among the artist’s most celebrated subjects, reflecting his unique ability to channel both classical art history and contemporary cultural anxiety into a single, unforgettable image.

George Condo’s works are held in the permanent collections of MoMA, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Guggenheim, Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, and numerous other major institutions worldwide. His collector base includes blue-chip private collectors, museum trustees, and prominent figures across art, fashion, music, and film. At auction, Condo’s works have achieved consistently strong and rising results, underscoring his firmly established position within the global contemporary art canon.

From an acquisition standpoint, works by George Condo represent a compelling blue-chip opportunity — museum-worthy, historically significant, and immediately identifiable. Pieces such as this serve not only as visual centerpieces, but as intellectual anchors within a serious collection.

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A rare opportunity to acquire a museum-quality work by one of the defining artists of contemporary figurative art.