Sigmar Polke

Private Collection, Europe
Christie's, London, 28 June 2000, Lot 194
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Color: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate but the sheet is whiter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is affixed verso to the mount intermittently along the edges. There is a slight undulation to the sheet and all surface inconsistencies, including creases, scattered pinpoints, partial tears at the edges, scuffs to the paper and light stains are inherent to the artist's working method and intent. Under very close inspection, a minor area of hairline craquelure is visible in white paint along the left edge.
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“Polke literally and metaphorically dissects and dissolves images… all the while raising philosophical questions deeply concerned with not only the way images look and are made but also the possible and probable slippages, uncertainties, and misperceptions that can occur when we apprehend them.”
Charles Wylie
Exh. Cat., Dallas Museum of Art, Sigmar Polke, History of Everything, Paintings and Drawings 1998-2002, 2003, pp. 12-13