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Laughing Clown Composition
Signed Print

George Condo

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Medium: Etching

Edition size: 25

Year: 2020

Size: H 76cm x W 68cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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The Laughing Clown Composition by George Condo is a signed etching from 2020, estimated to be worth between £6,500 and £10,000. This artwork has shown positive value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 10%. This is a rare artwork with an auction history of one sale on 22nd March 2021. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 25.

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Auction Results

Auction DateAuction HouseLocation
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March 2021Phillips Hong Kong Hong Kong

Meaning & Analysis

Laughing Clown Composition is one of George Condo’s several works in his Clown series. The work depicts, in landscape orientation, several sitters. In the abstract it appears as though there are four figures. However, this is uncertain. The work uses visual methods that may be found elsewhere in his oeuvre. For instance, the background effect created on the left of the work is shared with The Insane Clown. Similarly, Condo’s handing of the figures is typical of his work. The features of the sitters are distorted: to left of the composition the sitter has large ears. Their clothing, an elaborate shirt, is reminiscent of the detailed clothing depicted in Condo’s 1989 work Untitled.

The portrait is significant within Condo’s oeuvre as it is a return to a theme that he initially explored in the 1980s. His interest in the theme of the clown also extends beyond the medium of etchings. For instance, Condo produced an aquatint print of a clown: a portrait in colour of a figure depicted frontally. This theme, as the etching indicates, allows Condo to explore the grotesque, as well as questioning ideas of individualism through abstract depictions.

  • American artist, George Condo, has a penchant for the grotesque and distorted that has established him as a key figure in the contemporary art world. Known for his distorted portraits and carnivalesque imagery, the artist has reshaped classical conventions to form a distinct aesthetic. Emerging from New York's East Village art scene in the early 1980s, Condo was encouraged to explore the emotive potential of art by Jean-Michel Basquiat. Honouring the likes of Picasso and Francis Bacon whilst intertwining bold references to pop culture and Surrealism, Condo has created a visual language that combines art historical tradition with contemporary culture.