Umwandlung (Transformation)

1968

Sigmar Polke

Artist, German, 1941 - 2010

Gerhard Richter

Artist, German, born 1932

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photolithograph

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 43.8 x 67.2 cm (17 1/4 x 26 7/16 in.)
    mount: 51.3 x 72.4 cm (20 3/16 x 28 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2008.30.41

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Eileen and Michael Cohen, New York; NGA purchase (through Zwirner and Wirth, New York), 2008.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2000

  • Becker , Jürgen and Claus von der Osten, eds., with an essay by Martin Hentschel. Sigmar Polke: The Editioned Works, 1963-2000: Catalogue Raisonne. Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2000: 21.

Inscriptions

signed by artists lower right in graphite: Polke Richter 1968; lower left, by artist's hand, in graphite: 188/200; below image, by unknown hand, printed in black: 5 Phasen einer von Polke und Richter vorgenommenen Umwandlung. Das Massiv wurde am 26. April 68 für die Dauer von 2 Stunden in Eine Kugel vorwandelt. Edition 16 galerie rene block 1968

Wikidata ID

Q64170705

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