George Condo
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Market position
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Recent auction highlight
A result from Egon’s tracked auction sales; historical auction records are researched separately. Price including buyer’s premium.
Pricing
Recent sales
- $2.5 million (Female Portrait Abstraction, 2024, Art Basel Miami Beach)
- $1.95 million (Self Portrait, 2024, Frieze Seoul)
- $1.28 million (Green and Purple Head Composition, 2018, Phillips London)
- Paintings average 12 months
- $675,847
- Primary market pastels 2025
- $600,000-$1,500,000
- Works on paper average 12 months
- $70,844
- Liquidity
- High - over 2,112 artworks at auction, active secondary market
- Collector base
- International collectors including Mugrabi family (100+ works as of 2014), strong Asian collector interest
Auction history
- Recent high
- $6.2 million (Prescription for the Clinically Normal, 2012, Christie's Hong Kong, 2024)
- Market trajectory
- +1,093% since 2000 according to Artprice index
Market performance 2024
- Ranking
- 3rd among contemporary artists (born 1945-1974)
- Total sales
- $39.2 million
- Performance change
- -48.8% from 2021 peak of $76.6 million
Institutional presence
Research updated
Exhibitions
- Mental States, New Museum, New York (2011-2012), traveled internationally
- Confrontation, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Museum Berggruen (2016)
- The Way I Think, Phillips Collection, Washington DC (2017)
- Humanoids, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (2023)
- Major retrospective, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (October 2025-February 2026)
- Venice Biennale (2013, 2019)
- Whitney Biennial (1987, 2010)
- Lyon Biennale (2015)
- Gwangju Biennale (2014)
Career & Biography
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Career
- Worked at Andy Warhol's Factory in early 1980s
- Close friendship with Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring
- Lived in Paris 1985-1995
- Coined term 'Psychological Cubism'
- Collaborated with William S. Burroughs
- Created album cover for Kanye West's 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' (2010)
Identity
- Birthplace
- Concord, New Hampshire, United States
- Current location
- New York City
Artistic evolution
From East Village galleries (1981-1983) to international recognition, developing signature style combining Old Master techniques with contemporary sensibility
- Artistic context
- Artificial Realism - 'the realistic representation of that which is artificial'
Artistic Profile
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- Style
- Psychological Cubism - fractured portraits combining Old Master techniques with contemporary distortion
Themes and subjects
- Human psychological states
- Art historical references
- Artificial vs. natural reality
Movements and periods
- Recent development
- Focus on large-scale pastels and 'bizarre characters' series (2024-2025)
- Techniques and mediums
- Oil, acrylic, pastel on canvas/paper; combines traditional glazing techniques with modern materials
Critical Reception
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Critical reception
- Critical consensus
- Widely recognized as 'missing link' between Old Master tradition and contemporary practice
- Influence on artists
- Influenced John Currin, Glenn Brown, Lisa Yuskavage, Nigel Cooke, Sean Landers
Publications and media
Major publications
- New York Times - Holland Cotter called 2011 retrospective 'sensational'
- Artforum - Multiple reviews including David Rimanelli (2011, 1991, 1988)
- New Yorker - Calvin Tomkins profile noting innovative approach to art history
- Frieze - Jennifer Higgie analysis (2007)
Gallery & Representation
Research updated
Representation
- Gallery tier
- Tier 1 international galleries
- Market presence
- Global - New York, London, Berlin, Los Angeles
- Current exhibition
- Pastels - dual exhibition at Hauser & Wirth and Sprüth Magers, New York (January-April 2025)
Sources & research notes
Egon’s artist research combines historical auction records, recent sales, institutional history, critical reception and gallery information. Researched auction records and auction highlights are identified separately.
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Reference: Egon, “George Condo: Market Intelligence & Investment Profile.”
Research updates by section
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