George Condo The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1999 Acrylic on canvas. 35 7/8 x 35 7/8 in. (91.4 x 91.4 cm).
Provenance Acquired directly from the artist Exhibited Donaueschingen. Fürstenberg Sammlungen, ahead of the 21st century-- The Pisces Collection, June, 2002 – October, 2004 Literature G. Condo, Portraits Lost in Space, New York, 1999, pp. 25 and 33 (illustrated) Catalogue Essay A self-professed devotee of jazz music, record covers from the 1950’s and ‘60’s have had a variety of aesthetic influences on various distinct groups within George Condo’s total body of work. In the present lot the homage is quite direct, but still clearly falls within the scope of the artist’s ongoing investigation of 20th century abstraction. The Jimi Hendrix Experience takes as a starting point a familiar commercial image, and, a la early Andy Warhol personalizes and reinvents it with wild, frenetic swoops and splatters of paint. The result is an exciting acknowledgement of two of what Condo might consider to be among his most basic creative roots. Read More
George Condo The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1999 Acrylic on canvas. 35 7/8 x 35 7/8 in. (91.4 x 91.4 cm).
Provenance Acquired directly from the artist Exhibited Donaueschingen. Fürstenberg Sammlungen, ahead of the 21st century-- The Pisces Collection, June, 2002 – October, 2004 Literature G. Condo, Portraits Lost in Space, New York, 1999, pp. 25 and 33 (illustrated) Catalogue Essay A self-professed devotee of jazz music, record covers from the 1950’s and ‘60’s have had a variety of aesthetic influences on various distinct groups within George Condo’s total body of work. In the present lot the homage is quite direct, but still clearly falls within the scope of the artist’s ongoing investigation of 20th century abstraction. The Jimi Hendrix Experience takes as a starting point a familiar commercial image, and, a la early Andy Warhol personalizes and reinvents it with wild, frenetic swoops and splatters of paint. The result is an exciting acknowledgement of two of what Condo might consider to be among his most basic creative roots. Read More
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