SIGMAR POLKE | BILD AUF TOTENKOPFSTOFF, WEISSE PYRAMIDE
Estimate:
8,000
Property from the Collection of Dr. Herbert Kiel, Cologne
Estimate:
8,000
Lot sold:
25,000
GBP
Property from the Collection of Dr. Herbert Kiel, Cologne
SIGMAR POLKE
1941 - 2010
BILD AUF TOTENKOPFSTOFF, WEISSE PYRAMIDE
signed and dated 67
pencil and gouache on paper
21.2 by 14.5 cm. 8⅜ by 5¾ in.
framed: 40.4 by 31.9 cm. 15⅞ by 12⅝ in.
We are most grateful to Mr. Michael Trier for the information he has kindly provided.
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Colour:
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Condition:
This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to the backing board and undulates slightly. There is evidence of handling with associated creases and a small number of minute nicks in isolated places, all of which are likely to be original. There is a pinprick media accretion towards the lower right corner tip.
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Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne
Collection Dr. Herbert Kiel, Cologne (acquired from the above in 1974)
Thence by descent to the present owner