Sigmar Polke
Sigmar Polke
1941 - 2010
Ohne Titel. 1983.
Mixed media. Gouache and acrylic on paper.
Signed and dated in the lower right. On firm paper. 99 x 70 cm (38.9 x 27.5 in), almost the full sheet. [EH].
• A large-format, expressive work from the 1980s, a period that was so pivotal to Sigmar Polke’s artistic development.
• Polke at his best: ironic, multi-layered visual language with narrative elements and subtle social satire.
• Executed in Polke’s characteristic “layering” technique.
• His contribution to the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale was awarded the Golden Lion in 1986.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Switzerland.
Swiss collection (2019, Germann).
LITERATURE: Germann, Zürich, Auction on June 4, 2019, lot 66 (illustrated in color).
Sigmar Polke
1941 - 2010
Ohne Titel. 1983.
Mixed media. Gouache and acrylic on paper.
Signed and dated in the lower right. On firm paper. 99 x 70 cm (38.9 x 27.5 in), almost the full sheet. [EH].
• A large-format, expressive work from the 1980s, a period that was so pivotal to Sigmar Polke’s artistic development.
• Polke at his best: ironic, multi-layered visual language with narrative elements and subtle social satire.
• Executed in Polke’s characteristic “layering” technique.
• His contribution to the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale was awarded the Golden Lion in 1986.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, Switzerland.
Swiss collection (2019, Germann).
LITERATURE: Germann, Zürich, Auction on June 4, 2019, lot 66 (illustrated in color).
