Pappologie
Details
Sigmar Polke (b. 1941)
Pappologie
i: titled "Pappologie" upper center; iii: each element consecutively umbered (1-17, 18A, 18B, 19-22) on the reverse
i: ink wash, pen and graphite on both sides of grid paper, 8 x 5in. (21 x 14.5cm.); ii: 10 cardboard letters, each circa 4cm. high; 23 cardboard elements, varying dimensions, from: x in. (2 x 2cm.) to: 5.1/8 x 2in. (13 x 6cm.)
overall circa: 18 x 57in. (45 x 145cm.)
Executed in 1968-1969
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Pappologie
i: titled "Pappologie" upper center; iii: each element consecutively umbered (1-17, 18A, 18B, 19-22) on the reverse
i: ink wash, pen and graphite on both sides of grid paper, 8 x 5in. (21 x 14.5cm.); ii: 10 cardboard letters, each circa 4cm. high; 23 cardboard elements, varying dimensions, from: x in. (2 x 2cm.) to: 5.1/8 x 2in. (13 x 6cm.)
overall circa: 18 x 57in. (45 x 145cm.)
Executed in 1968-1969
(34)
Provenance
Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne.
Exhibited
Munich, Stdtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Bilder Objekte Filme Konzepte, April-May 1973, no. 207 (illustrated).
Tbingen, Kunsthalle; Dsseldorf, Kunsthalle and Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, Sigmar Polke: Bilder Tcher Objekte Werkauswahl 1962-1971, February-July 1976, no. 122 (illustrated).
Zurich, Kunsthaus, and Cologne, Josef Haubrich Kunsthalle, Sigmar Polke, April-May 1984, p. 57, no. 72 (illustrated).
Bonn, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Berlin Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum Fr Gegenwart, Sigmar Polke: The Three Lies of Painting, June 1997-February 1998, p. 145 (illustrated).
New York, Christie's, Painting Object Film Concept: Works from the Herbig Collection, February-March 1998, p. 221, no. 87 (illustrated).
Tbingen, Kunsthalle; Dsseldorf, Kunsthalle and Eindhoven, Stedelijk van Abbe Museum, Sigmar Polke: Bilder Tcher Objekte Werkauswahl 1962-1971, February-July 1976, no. 122 (illustrated).
Zurich, Kunsthaus, and Cologne, Josef Haubrich Kunsthalle, Sigmar Polke, April-May 1984, p. 57, no. 72 (illustrated).
Bonn, Kunst-und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Berlin Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum Fr Gegenwart, Sigmar Polke: The Three Lies of Painting, June 1997-February 1998, p. 145 (illustrated).
New York, Christie's, Painting Object Film Concept: Works from the Herbig Collection, February-March 1998, p. 221, no. 87 (illustrated).