Sigmar Polke
Sigmar Polke
1941 - 2010
Le Lit. 1994.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed and dated on the folded canvas. 120 x 100 cm (47.2 x 39.3 in). [JS].
• GRID PAINTING Polke’s grid paintings are icons of German Post-War Art.
• GERMAN POP Together with Gerhard Richter, Polke has been making art history since the 1960s.
• AMBIGUOUS Glitter, minimalism, and subtle eroticism at the boundaries of figurative art.
• ANTI ART From Rembrandt to Polke: tradition and humorous negation.
• INTERNATIONAL ACCOLADE In 2014, a major retrospective was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.
We are grateful to Mr. Michael Trier for his kind assistance.
PROVENANCE: The artist’s studio (at least until 1995).
Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, Krefeld (with a label on the stretcher).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above around 1999).
EXHIBITION:
Sigmar Polke, IVAM Centre del Carme, Valencia, Oct. 20, 1994–Jan. 8, 1995 (with the label on the stretcher).
Sigmar Polke
1941 - 2010
Le Lit. 1994.
Acrylic on canvas.
Signed and dated on the folded canvas. 120 x 100 cm (47.2 x 39.3 in). [JS].
• GRID PAINTING Polke’s grid paintings are icons of German Post-War Art.
• GERMAN POP Together with Gerhard Richter, Polke has been making art history since the 1960s.
• AMBIGUOUS Glitter, minimalism, and subtle eroticism at the boundaries of figurative art.
• ANTI ART From Rembrandt to Polke: tradition and humorous negation.
• INTERNATIONAL ACCOLADE In 2014, a major retrospective was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate Modern in London, and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.
We are grateful to Mr. Michael Trier for his kind assistance.
PROVENANCE: The artist’s studio (at least until 1995).
Galerie Schönewald und Beuse, Krefeld (with a label on the stretcher).
Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above around 1999).
EXHIBITION:
Sigmar Polke, IVAM Centre del Carme, Valencia, Oct. 20, 1994–Jan. 8, 1995 (with the label on the stretcher).
