Lot 265
  • 265

Sigmar Polke

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Sigmar Polke
  • Untitled (Mönchengladbach 1992)
  • signed, dated 93 and numbered 240/0006/PO on the reverse
  • overpainted offset lithograph on paper laid on board
  • 70 by 100 cm. 27 1/2 by 39 3/8 in.
  • Executed in 1992-93, this work is a unique variation from an edition of 80.

Provenance

Artax Kunsthandel, Dusseldorf
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1998

Literature

Jürgen Becker and Claus von der Osten, Sigmar Polke - The Editioned Works 1963-2000 Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern-Ruit 2006, p. 274, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is hinged verso intermittently along the edges to the mat. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist's working method. Under extremely close inspection, the lower right corner's edge has partially softened.
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