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Painter, Photographer, b. 1941 - d. 2010

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              • Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels/Schlesien - Köln 2010) – Ohne Titel (Unter Krahnenbäumen) (Untitled (Under crane trees))
                Dec. 07, 2023

                Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels/Schlesien - Köln 2010) – Ohne Titel (Unter Krahnenbäumen) (Untitled (Under crane trees))

                Est: €20,000 - €25,000

                Watercolour on watercolour paper. (1984). Ca. 55 x 75 cm.

                Karl & Faber
              • Sigmar Polke, Untitled (from the Columbus: In Search of a New Tomorrow portfolio)
                Dec. 07, 2023

                Sigmar Polke, Untitled (from the Columbus: In Search of a New Tomorrow portfolio)

                Est: $600 - $800

                Sigmar Polke Untitled (from the Columbus: In Search of a New Tomorrow portfolio) 1992 screenprint in colors image: 22.125 h x 15.375 w in (56 x 39 cm) sheet: 29.875 h x 22.75 w in (76 x 58 cm) Signed, dated and numbered to lower edge 'HC Sigmar Polke 92'. This work is an hors commerce print apart from the edition of 100 printed and published by Edition Domberger, Stuttgart. This work will ship from Lambertville, New Jersey.

                Wright
              • FR SIGMAR POLKE (1941 Oels/Niederschlesien - 2010 Köln)
                Dec. 03, 2023

                FR SIGMAR POLKE (1941 Oels/Niederschlesien - 2010 Köln)

                Est: -

                FR SIGMAR POLKE (1941 Oels/Niederschlesien - 2010 Köln) Serigrafie, "Abstrakte Komposition" (1989), verso signiert "Sigmar Polke" und datiert, ca. 98,5x67cm, ungerahmt, partiell berieben

                Auktionshaus Rotherbaum OHG
              • Sigmar Polke, Samson und Delilah (from the series: Kinderstern), 1989
                Dec. 02, 2023

                Sigmar Polke, Samson und Delilah (from the series: Kinderstern), 1989

                Est: €6,000 - €8,000

                Signed, dated and with dedication. Edition Domberger, Filderstadt (with blind stamp). Overworked proof in addition to the numbered edition (+100 +50 AP).

                Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
              • Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 1975
                Dec. 02, 2023

                Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 1975

                Est: €10,000 - €15,000

                Signed and dated 'S. Polke 75'.

                Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
              • Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 1968
                Dec. 02, 2023

                Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 1968

                Est: €4,000 - €6,000

                Signed 'S. Polke'.

                Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
              • Sigmar Polke, Kassel, 1977
                Dec. 02, 2023

                Sigmar Polke, Kassel, 1977

                Est: €4,000 - €5,000

                Signed, dated and titled in felt tip pen as well as 'Slg. Carl Vogel Hamburg' stamp on the verso.

                Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
              • Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 1970s
                Dec. 02, 2023

                Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 1970s

                Est: €4,000 - €5,000

                'Slg. Carl Vogel Hamburg' stamp on the verso.

                Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
              • Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels - 2010 Köln) (F)
                Dec. 02, 2023

                Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels - 2010 Köln) (F)

                Est: €16,000 - €30,000

                Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels - 2010 Köln) (F) 'Eichhörnchen', Gouache auf Papier, 100 cm x 70 cm Blattmaß, signiert, 81 datiert, montiert, Stecknadellöcher in den Blattecken, Einriss im Blattrand, minimal knickfaltig, leicht gewellt, partiell Schuhabdrücke und Eindrücke auf dem Papier, Provenienz: Sammlung Froehlich, Stuttgart, Christie's, London, 29.06.1999, Los 93, Ausstellungen: Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, 15.06-28.08.1988, 'Sigmar Polke - Zeichnungen' Ab den frühen 1980er Jahren begann die figurative Kunst in Deutschland an Bedeutung zu gewinnen. Sigmar Polke bewegte in eine entgegengesetzte Richtung, hin zu verstärkter Abstraktion. Die zu Beginn der 1980er Jahre entstandenen Zeichnungen vereinen beide Strömungen miteinander. Auf großformatigen Papierbögen verschmolzen kräftige, gestische Pinselstriche mit einem schier unerschöpflichen Repertoire an figürlichen Elementen, inspiriert von der Bilderflut der modernen Lebenswelt. Motive aus der Werbung, Zeitschriften, Comics und Buchillustrationen fanden sich zu fantasievollen und oft satirisch-humorvollen Bildcollagen zusammen. Die hier angebotene Zeichnung zeigt als Protagonist ein Eichhörnchen. Der kleine, flauschige Nager versucht unter Zuhilfenahme von zwei Ästen, welche er als Stelzen nutzt, an eine hoch aufgestellte Futterschale zu gelangen, die er mit seinen großen kugelrunden Augen begierig fixiert. Eichhörnchen gelten weithin als sehr kluge und erfinderische Tiere, die sich besonders bei der Nahrungsbeschaffung geschickt anstellen. Karikaturistisch greift Polke in diesem Werk die bemerkenswerten Eigenschaften des flinken Nagetiers auf und überspitzt diese. Gewiss könnte das Eichhörnchen einfach auf die Futterschale springen. Dank ihrer außergewöhnlichen Sprung- und Flugfähigkeiten gelten die pelzigen Tiere als "Akrobaten unter den Nagetieren". Immerhin können sie mühelos bis zu fünf Meter springen und sind regelrechte Kletterkünstler. Auf humorvolle Weise hebt Sigmar Polke insbesondere die Intelligenz und Raffinesse des Tieres hervor. Denn indem das kleine Eichhörnchen zwei Äste als Stelzen umfunktioniert, schafft es eine unmittelbare Assoziation zum Stelzenlaufen. Einer über alle Erdteile verbreiteten spielerischen Aktivität! Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels - 2010 Cologne) (F) 'Squirrel', gouache on paper, 100 cm x 70 cm sheet dimensions, signed, dated 81, mounted, pinholes in the corners of the sheet, tear in the margin, minimally creased, slightly wavy, partial shoe prints on the paper, Provenance: Froehlich Collection, Stuttgart, Christie's, London, 29.06.1999, lot 93, Exhibitions: Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, 'Sigmar Polke - Zeichnungen', 15.06 - 28.08.1988 From the early 1980s, figurative art began to gain importance in Germany. Sigmar Polke moved in an opposite direction, towards increased abstraction. The drawings created at the beginning of the 1980s unite both currents. On large sheets of paper, strong, gestural brushstrokes merged with an almost inexhaustible repertoire of figurative elements, inspired by the flood of images in the modern world. Motifs from advertising, magazines, comics and book illustrations came together to form imaginative and often satirically humorous picture collages. The drawing offered here shows a squirrel as the protagonist. The small, fluffy rodent is trying to reach a high food bowl with the help of two branches, which it uses as stilts, which it fixes eagerly with its large, round eyes. Squirrels are widely regarded as very clever and inventive animals that are particularly adept at obtaining food. In this artwork, Polke caricaturistically picks up on the remarkable characteristics of the nimble rodent and exaggerates them. Certainly, the squirrel could simply jump onto the food bowl. Thanks to their extraordinary leaping and flying abilities, the furry animals are considered "acrobats among rodents". After all, they can effortlessly jump up to five metres and are veritable climbing artists. In a humorous way, Sigmar Polke particularly emphasises the animal's intelligence and finesse. For by converting two branches into stilts, the little squirrel creates an immediate association with walking on stilts. A playful activity that is widespread all over the world!

                Wettmann
              • Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels - 2010 Köln) (F)
                Dec. 02, 2023

                Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels - 2010 Köln) (F)

                Est: €3,000 - €5,000

                Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels - 2010 Köln) (F) 'I got the blues', Offsetlithografie auf Papier, 48,5 cm x 65 cm Plattenmaß, 54,5 cm x 74,5 cm Rahmeninnenmaß, signiert, 2008 datiert, 7/40 nummeriert Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels - 2010 Cologne) (F) 'I got the blues', offset lithograph on paper, 48.5 cm x 65 cm plate dimensions, 54.5 cm x 74.5 cm internal frame dimensions, signed, dated 2008, numbered 7/40

                Wettmann
              • Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels - 2010 Köln) (F)
                Dec. 02, 2023

                Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels - 2010 Köln) (F)

                Est: €2,400 - €3,200

                Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels - 2010 Köln) (F) 'Mu nieltnam netorruprup', Farboffsetlithografie auf Karton, 1975, 70 cm x 50 cm Blattmaß, signiert, ein Exemplar außerhalb der Auflage von 75, Blattecken partiell leicht bestoßen, minimal knickfaltig, verso Montierungsrückstände mit oberflächlichem Papierabrieb, leicht fleckig, Literatur: Wvz. Becker/von der Osten 45, mit farb. Abb. S. 125 Sigmar Polke (1941 Oels - 2010 Cologne) (F) 'Mu nieltnam netorruprup', colour offset lithograph on cardboard, 1975, 70 cm x 50 cm sheet dimensions, signed, one copy outside the edition of 75, corners of sheet slightly bumped in places, minimally creased, mounting residues with superficial paper abrasion on verso, slightly stained, literature: Cat. rais. Becker/von der Osten 45, with col. ill. p. 125

                Wettmann
              • Untitled
                Dec. 01, 2023

                Untitled

                Est: €60,000 - €80,000

                Signed and dated in pencil lower right: S. Polke 74

                Grisebach
              • Untitled
                Dec. 01, 2023

                Untitled

                Est: €80,000 - €120,000

                Signed and dated in pencil lower right: S. Polke 74

                Grisebach
              • ”S.H. – oder wann zählen die Punkte”
                Dec. 01, 2023

                ”S.H. – oder wann zählen die Punkte”

                Est: €15,000 - €20,000

                Titled, signed and dated. On the stretcher with a stamp of the Edition art aktuell, Linde Rohr-Bongard

                Grisebach
              • Sauberes Auto – Gute Laune
                Dec. 01, 2023

                Sauberes Auto – Gute Laune

                Est: €18,000 - €24,000

                Signed and dated. On the stretcher with a label of the James Cohan Gallery, New York.

                Grisebach
              • Sigmar Polke, Untitled (Mönchengladbach), 1987
                Dec. 01, 2023

                Sigmar Polke, Untitled (Mönchengladbach), 1987

                Est: €50,000 - €60,000

                Signed, dated and numbered verso and stamped. Edition Museumsverein Mönchengladbach (edition stamp verso). Proof 24/30. One of 30 unique works.

                Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
              • Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 1998
                Dec. 01, 2023

                Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 1998

                Est: €70,000 - €90,000

                Signed and dated 'Sigmar Polke 98'. Signed and dated 'Sigmar Polke 98' verso. One of the most important characteristics of our times is the permanent exposure of the individual to a flood of images. Digital images, media influences and visual stimuli pour in on us – unfiltered - every day. Most aspects of our everyday life are subject to a form of digitalisation, which is increasingly moving into the realm of falsification or even manipulation. Polke addressed this early on in his practice with the raster images and photographic manipulations of source material. He also explored materiality and the relationship between light and colour. The work offered here, from the series of interference pictures, is at once the product of a random principle and the result of a controlled process. While the light, pearly colour spreads out on the clay paper as if by chance, different shades of colour emerge. These, however, are influenced by the movement and orientation of the picture support. "Polke pushed his materials to a point where reason stumbles and things begin to take shape not through the artist's foresight or conscious action, but through non-rational conditions such as gravity, chance and the associative capacity of the unconscious. No binary system was satisfying, no ideology appealing, no geometry embodied the divine and no truth triumphed. Polke was obsessed with arriving at less imposed and less sentimental forms of expression through the use of chance; he wanted to liberate his materials from his control in order to subvert effortlessness and reach beyond what he already knew." (Kathy Halbreich, Alibis, An Introduction, in: Kathy Halbreich et al. (eds.), Alibis, Sigmar Polke, 1963-2013, Exh. cat. Museum Ludwig, Cologne et al., Munich 2015, p.72).

                Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
              • Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 1998
                Dec. 01, 2023

                Sigmar Polke, Untitled, 1998

                Est: €40,000 - €60,000

                Signed and dated 'Sigmar Polke 98'. Signed 'Sigmar Polke' verso.

                Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
              • Sigmar Polke
                Dec. 01, 2023

                Sigmar Polke

                Est: €280 - €560

                (1941 Oels/Niederschlesien - 2010 Köln) "Hände (Die Vermittlung zwischen dem Oberen und dem Unteren)". Originaltitel Offsetlithographie/gemustertes Papier, 1973. Sign.; Eines von 610 signierten Exemplaren. Hrsg. Griffelkunst-Vereinigung, Hamburg (verso Editionsstempel). Blatt 45,5 cm x 62,8 cm. Offset lithograph on paper, 1973. Hand-signed. One of a signed edition of 610 copies, published by Griffelkunst Vereinigung, Hamburg.

                Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden
              • Sigmar Polke: "S.H. - oder wann zählen die Punkte"
                Nov. 30, 2023

                Sigmar Polke: "S.H. - oder wann zählen die Punkte"

                Est: €18,000 - €24,000

                POLKE, SIGMAR 1941 Oels/Lower Silesia - 2010 Cologne Title: "S.H. - oder wann zählen die Punkte". Date: 2002. Technique: Colour silkscreen on carberol-treated decor fabric. Measurement: 90 x 70cm. Notation: Signed, dated and numbered. Publisher: art aktuell edition (publisher). Number: 42/66. Frame: Framed. Due to the individual design, each copy is unique. Provenance: - Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Germany: 77,31 Euro plus 14,69 Euro VAT EU: 100,84 Euro plus 19,16 Euro VAT Worldwide: 159,66 Euro plus 30,34 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Explanations to the Catalogue

                Van Ham Kunstauktionen
              • Sigmar Polke: Rennende Schere
                Nov. 30, 2023

                Sigmar Polke: Rennende Schere

                Est: €15,000 - €20,000

                POLKE, SIGMAR 1941 Oels/Lower Silesia - 2010 Cologne Title: Rennende Schere. Date: 1996. Technique: 925 sterling silver. Measurement: 13.5 x 8 x 1cm. Notation: Monogrammed and numbered verso: S.P. 29/77 (stamped). Number: 29/77. Frame/Pedestal: In original box. Enclosed with the work is a sheet with work details and the numbering. Provenance: - Private collection South Germany Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Germany: 18,49 Euro plus 3,51 Euro VAT EU: 26,89 Euro plus 5,11 Euro VAT Worldwide: 54,62 Euro plus 10,38 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Explanations to the Catalogue

                Van Ham Kunstauktionen
              • Sigmar Polke: "Probe für Documenta"
                Nov. 30, 2023

                Sigmar Polke: "Probe für Documenta"

                Est: €50,000 - €70,000

                POLKE, SIGMAR 1941 Oels/Lower Silesia - 2010 Cologne Title: "Probe für Documenta". Date: 1982. Technique: Mixed media on canvas. Measurement: 50 x 40cm. Notation: Titled, dated, signed and inscribed on the stretcher on the right: Probe für Dokumenta (sic!) 82 Sigmar Polke Farbprobe 82. Frame/Pedestal: Display case. Provenance: - Vrej Baghoomian Inc., New York - Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund - Private collection Stockholm - Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf (label) - Private collection Germany Exhibitions: - Galerie Erhard Klein, Bonn 1999 Literature: - Exhib. cat. Sigmar Polke: Farbproben, Materialversuche, Probierbilder aus den Jahren 1973-86, Galerie Erhard Klein, Bonn 1999, cat. no. 4, ill. - One of the coveted colour samples exhibited at the Galerie Erhard Klein in Bonn in 1986 - Created in the course of preparations for the 7th documenta in Kassel - From a time when Polke was turning more and more to abstraction Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue

                Van Ham Kunstauktionen
              • Sigmar Polke: Untitled
                Nov. 29, 2023

                Sigmar Polke: Untitled

                Est: €70,000 - €100,000

                POLKE, SIGMAR 1941 Oels/Lower Silesia - 2010 Cologne Title: Untitled. Date: 1986. Technique: Resin and pigment on canvas. Measurement: 70 x 50cm. Notation: Signed and dated verso lower right: S. POLKE 86. Next to it dedicated: FÜR MARIA. We are grateful to Mr. Michael Trier for the helpful information. Provenance: - Private collection Maria Osthoff (directly from the artist) - Private collection South Germany - Outstanding example of Polke's experimentation with moments of randomness and materiality in his pouring paintings of the 1980s - The work captivates with its bright and contrasting colours - Complete provenance: the work once came from the private collection of Maria Osthoff, with whom Polke had a long-standing friendship Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after the auction. Explanations to the Catalogue

                Van Ham Kunstauktionen
              • Sigmar Polke, 1941-2010, Book. Daphne
                Nov. 29, 2023

                Sigmar Polke, 1941-2010, Book. Daphne

                Est: CHF400 - CHF600

                483/1000. Signed. Snoeck Publishers, Ghent 2004.

                Germann Auction House Ltd
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