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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTION
SIGMAR POLKE (1941-2010)
Lucky Luke and his Friend
Details
SIGMAR POLKE (1941-2010)
Lucky Luke and his Friend
i) signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'S.Polke 75 Teil I/L Lucky Luke' (on the reverse)
ii) signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'S.Polke 1971⁄75 Teil II/R Lucky Luke and his friend' (on the reverse)
acrylic dispersion, enamel and spray paint on canvas, in two parts
each: 51 1⁄8 x 43 ¼in. (130 x 110cm.)
overall: 51 1⁄8 x 86 5/8in. (130 x 220cm.)
Executed in 1971-1975
Lucky Luke and his Friend
i) signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'S.Polke 75 Teil I/L Lucky Luke' (on the reverse)
ii) signed, titled, inscribed and dated 'S.Polke 1971⁄75 Teil II/R Lucky Luke and his friend' (on the reverse)
acrylic dispersion, enamel and spray paint on canvas, in two parts
each: 51 1⁄8 x 43 ¼in. (130 x 110cm.)
overall: 51 1⁄8 x 86 5/8in. (130 x 220cm.)
Executed in 1971-1975
Provenance
Erhard Klein Gallery, Bonn.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1976.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1976.
Literature
E. Ward, 'A Retrospective of Disorder', in The Wall Street Journal, 18 May 2001.
P. Lange-Berndt & D. Rübel (eds.), Sigmar Polke: We Petty Bourgeois, Cologne 2011 (installation view of left panel at Kunsthalle Dusseldorf illustrated, p. 46; illustrated in colour, pp. 232-233).
A Ciesielski (ed.), Sigmar Polke Plakate: Sammlung Ciesielski, Cologne 2013, pp. 13 and 204 (exhibition poster illustrated in colour, p. 205; installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 334-335).
C. Mehring, 'Shock Value' in Artforum, vol. 52, no. 8, 2014, pp. 218-227 (installation views of left panel at Kunsthalle Dusseldorf illustrated pp. 218 and 222; left panel illustrated in colour, p. 220).
P. Lange-Berndt & D. Rübel (eds.), Sigmar Polke: We Petty Bourgeois, Cologne 2011 (installation view of left panel at Kunsthalle Dusseldorf illustrated, p. 46; illustrated in colour, pp. 232-233).
A Ciesielski (ed.), Sigmar Polke Plakate: Sammlung Ciesielski, Cologne 2013, pp. 13 and 204 (exhibition poster illustrated in colour, p. 205; installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 334-335).
C. Mehring, 'Shock Value' in Artforum, vol. 52, no. 8, 2014, pp. 218-227 (installation views of left panel at Kunsthalle Dusseldorf illustrated pp. 218 and 222; left panel illustrated in colour, p. 220).
Exhibited
Dusseldorf, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Sigmar Polke: Bilder, Tücher, Objekte: Werkauswahl 1962-1971, 1976 (left panel exhibited installed on wooden gate; right panel installed on floor).
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Sigmar Polke, 1984, p. 169, no. 98. This exhibition later travelled to Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle.
San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sigmar Polke, 1990-1992, p. 147, no. 26, pl. 24 (illustrated in colour, p. 69). This exhibition later travelled to Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art and New York, The Brooklyn Museum.
Bonn, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Sigmar Polke: The Three Lies of Painting, 1997-1998, p. 342 (illustrated in colour, p. 183). This exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart.
Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Sigmar Polke – Alchemist, 2001, p. 86, no. 20 (illustrated in colour, pp. 20-21). This exhibition later travelled to Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (illustrated on the poster of the exhibition).
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Funny Cuts: Cartoons and Comics in Contemporary Art, 2004-2005, pp. 41, 89 and 138, no. 65 (illustrated in colour, pp. 86-87).
Odense, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Shadow Play: Shadow and Light in Contemporary Art, an Homage to Hans Christian Andersen, 2005-2006, pp. 202-206 and 323 (illustrated in colour, pp. 292-293). This exhibition later travelled to Kiel, Kunsthalle zu Kiel and Linz, Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum.
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Sigmar Polke. We Petty Bourgeois! Comrades and Contemporaries, 2009-2010, p. 143, no. 221⁄3 (installation views illustrated in colour, pp. 53 and 126).
Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Sigmar Polke, 1984, p. 169, no. 98. This exhibition later travelled to Cologne, Josef-Haubrich-Kunsthalle.
San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sigmar Polke, 1990-1992, p. 147, no. 26, pl. 24 (illustrated in colour, p. 69). This exhibition later travelled to Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art and New York, The Brooklyn Museum.
Bonn, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Sigmar Polke: The Three Lies of Painting, 1997-1998, p. 342 (illustrated in colour, p. 183). This exhibition later travelled to Berlin, Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart.
Oslo, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Sigmar Polke – Alchemist, 2001, p. 86, no. 20 (illustrated in colour, pp. 20-21). This exhibition later travelled to Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (illustrated on the poster of the exhibition).
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Funny Cuts: Cartoons and Comics in Contemporary Art, 2004-2005, pp. 41, 89 and 138, no. 65 (illustrated in colour, pp. 86-87).
Odense, Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Shadow Play: Shadow and Light in Contemporary Art, an Homage to Hans Christian Andersen, 2005-2006, pp. 202-206 and 323 (illustrated in colour, pp. 292-293). This exhibition later travelled to Kiel, Kunsthalle zu Kiel and Linz, Landesgalerie am Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseum.
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Sigmar Polke. We Petty Bourgeois! Comrades and Contemporaries, 2009-2010, p. 143, no. 221⁄3 (installation views illustrated in colour, pp. 53 and 126).
Further Details
We are grateful to Mr. Michael Trier, Cologne, for the information he has kindly provided.
Brought to you by
Claudia Schürch
Senior Specialist