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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.158.10
People
Sigmar Polke, German (Oels (Silesia), Germany 1941 - 2010 Cologne, Germany)
POUR, Belgian (Brussels, Belgium)
Title
Knife Thrower, from the portfolio "Saltoarte"
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Messerwerfer, aus "Saltoarte"
Series/Book Title: Saltoarte
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1975
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/217918

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Offset lithograph printed in black and colored inks on coated white wove paper
Technique
Photolithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 35.5 x 25.7 cm (14 x 10 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: on verso at l.r., black ink, printed: SIGMAR POLKE

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Becker 47

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, The Willy and Charlotte Reber Collection, Gift of Charlotte Reber
Copyright
© The Estate of Sigmar Polke / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.158.10
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
This print is a 4-color offset lithograph.

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