POLKE, SIGMAR
1941 Oels/Lower Silesia - 2010 Cologne
Title: Selbst.
Date: 1971/73.
Technique: Offset lithograph on vellum.
Mounting: Laid down on card.
Depiction Size: 18 x 19,5cm.
Sheet Size: 21,5 x 23cm.
Notation: Signed and dated.
Condition:
Stainings and slight scratches in the margins (from former mounting). Painted over scratch mark on upper margin protruding centrally ca. 9cm into the image. Slightly discoloured. Verso minimally stained. Otherwise in good condition.
In 1971 120 signed and numbered copies were issued as a supplement to the special edition of René Block's book "Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus. KP Brehmer, Hödicke, Lueg, Polke, Richter, Vostell", Berlin 1971. The present copy is dated 1973.
Literature:
- Becker, Jürgen/von der Osten, Claus: Sigmar Polke - Editioned Works 1963-2000, Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern-Ruit 2000, cat. rais. no. 15, only the 1971 edition is mentioned here.
