Sigmar Polke

solarized, signed and with numerical notations in pencil on the reverse, framed, Buhl Collection and Guggenheim Museum exhibition labels on the reverse, 1972

Nathalie Karg, Ltd., New York, 1997

New York, Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June - September 2004, and 4 other international venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 141 and 240 (this print)

This print, on paper with a semi-glossy surface, is in generally good to very good condition. The paper is slightly heavier than single-weight paper, and exhibits some rippling at the lower edge. The edges are rubbed, and there are tiny losses, visible upon careful examination. Parallel to the left edge, between 1/8- and 1/4-inch from the edge, is a sharp crease that runs the height of the image. It has been intermittently retouched.
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