Artist:
Sigmar Polke
Artwork:
Gegen Die Zwei Supermachte—Fur Eine Rote Schweiz [Against The Two Superpowers—For A Red Switzerland]
Size:
255 x 316.5 cm
Medium:
Spray paint on newspaper mounted on canvas
Creation year:
1976
Marks:
Signed and dated 'S Polke 76' (lower right)
Category:
Paintings
Provenance:
Dietmar Werle, Cologne; Private collection, Dusseldorf; Acquired from the previous by the present owner, 2012
Exhibition history:
London, Tate Modern; New York, Museum of Modern Art; Cologne, Museum Ludwig, Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963-2010, April 2014-July 2015, pp. 32 and 283, fig. C, no. 181 (illustrated in color); Lugano, Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, And now the good news, May-August 2016; Landesmuseum Zurich, Imagine 68. Das Spektakel der Revolution, September 2018-January 2019
Christie's New York
Date:
2019-11-13
Lot Number:
21B
Low Estimate:
$3000000
[-12%]
High Estimate:
$5000000
[-47%]
Hammer Price:
$2633333
Sold For:
$3175000