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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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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: Michael Werner, CUR.2023.5_view01.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.2023.5_view01.jpg. Michael Werner, 2023
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Sigmar Polke (German, born Poland, 1941–2010). <em>Graphite painting with loops (after Dürer)</em>, 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: Michael Werner, CUR.2023.5_view01.jpg)