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George Condo — The Franciscan
George Condo

The Franciscan

2004

A hallucinatory portrait rendered in Condo's signature style of "artificial realism," depicting a distorted, fragmented figure that merges the sacred and the absurd. The composition warps Renaissance and Old Master traditions through a lens of Cubist disintegration, with disjointed facial features and unsettling psychological tension. Rich, expressive brushwork in oil brings a visceral, darkly comic energy to the enigmatic subject.

Medium
oil on canvas

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

October 4, 2018

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George Condo, The Franciscan, 2004

A hallucinatory portrait rendered in Condo's signature style of "artificial realism," depicting a distorted, fragmented figure that merges the sacred and the absurd. The composition warps Renaissance and Old Master traditions through a lens of Cubist disintegration, with disjointed facial features and unsettling psychological tension. Rich, expressive brushwork in oil brings a visceral, darkly comic energy to the enigmatic subject.

Medium
oil on canvas
Year
2004
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Portrait Format, Figurative Painting, Bold, Religious Theme, Psychological, Religious Reference, Male Artist, American, Expressionism, Contemporary Artist, Expressive, Dark Tones, American Artist, Figuration, Religious Subject, 21st Century, 2004, Abstraction, Oil Painting, Portrait, Modern, Contemporary Art, Figure Painting, Painting, Neo-Expressionism, Figurative, 2000s, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary, Grotesque Style

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Chase Langford , Rocky Lindt