Sale: 605 / Day Sale, June 13. 2026 in Munich → Lot 126000057
126000057
Sigmar Polke
Ohne Titel, Um 1982.
Gouache, watercolor and pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,000 - 34,500
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
126000057
Sigmar Polke
Ohne Titel, Um 1982.
Gouache, watercolor and pencil
Estimate:
€ 20,000 - 30,000
$ 23,000 - 34,500
Information on buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation will be available four weeks before the auction.
Sigmar Polke
1941 - 2010
Ohne Titel. Um 1982.
Gouache, watercolor and pencil.
Signed in the lower right. On wove paper. 98.5 x 69.5 cm (38.7 x 27.3 in), size of sheet. [KA].
• Large-scale, expressive work from the 1980s, a period that was so seminal for Sigmar Polke’s artistic development.
• Polke at his best: ironic, complex imagery with narrative elements and subtle social satire.
• A dynamic play of power, observation, and audience engagement expressed through spontaneous, gestural lines.
• Created using Polke’s signature “layering” technique.
• The international retrospective “Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963–2010” honored the artist’s life’s work in 2010 (Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; and Museum Ludwig, Cologne).
We are grateful to Michael Trier for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (since the 1990s).
LITERATURE: Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 667th auction, June 14, 1991, lot 1166 (illustrated in color).
1941 - 2010
Ohne Titel. Um 1982.
Gouache, watercolor and pencil.
Signed in the lower right. On wove paper. 98.5 x 69.5 cm (38.7 x 27.3 in), size of sheet. [KA].
• Large-scale, expressive work from the 1980s, a period that was so seminal for Sigmar Polke’s artistic development.
• Polke at his best: ironic, complex imagery with narrative elements and subtle social satire.
• A dynamic play of power, observation, and audience engagement expressed through spontaneous, gestural lines.
• Created using Polke’s signature “layering” technique.
• The international retrospective “Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963–2010” honored the artist’s life’s work in 2010 (Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern, London; and Museum Ludwig, Cologne).
We are grateful to Michael Trier for his kind expert advice.
PROVENANCE: Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (since the 1990s).
LITERATURE: Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, 667th auction, June 14, 1991, lot 1166 (illustrated in color).
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