Graphite painting with loops (after Dürer)
Sigmar Polke
Contemporary Art
MEDIUM
Acrylic, graphite, silver oxide on canvas
DATES
1986
DIMENSIONS
74 3/4 × 78 3/4 in. (189.9 × 200 cm)
frame: 77 × 81 × 1 7/8 in. (195.6 × 205.7 × 4.8 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
2023.5
CREDIT LINE
Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary
PROVENANCE
Prior to 2015, provenance not yet documented; before 2015, acquired from the artist by an unidentified collector; 2015, acquired from an unidentified collector by Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY; 2022, purchased from Michael Werner Gallery by Alex Katz Foundation, New York, NY; 2023, gift of Alex Katz Foundation to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Sigmar Polke (German, born Poland, 1941–2010). Graphite painting with loops (after Dürer), 1986. Acrylic, graphite, silver oxide on canvas, 74 3/4 × 78 3/4 in. (189.9 × 200 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Alex Katz Foundation, in honor of the Brooklyn Museum's 200th Anniversary, 2023.5 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2023.5_cropped_PS22.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 2023.5_cropped_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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