Harvard Art Museums > 1989.53: Hands (The Mediation between Above and Below) Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Hands (The Mediation between Above and Below) (Sigmar Polke) , 1989.53,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/221544. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1989.53 People Sigmar Polke, German (Oels (Silesia), Germany 1941 - 2010 Cologne, Germany) Title Hands (The Mediation between Above and Below) Other Titles Original Language Title: Hände (Die Vermittlung zwischen dem Oberen und dem Unteren) Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1973 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/221544 Physical Descriptions Medium Offset photolithograph printed in black ink on patterned off-white wove paper Technique Photolithograph Dimensions sheet: 45.5 x 62.6 cm (17 15/16 x 24 5/8 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: in graphite at l.r.: S. Polke State, Edition, Standard Reference Number Standard Reference Number Becker 29 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Antonia Paepcke DuBrul Fund Copyright © The Estate of Sigmar Polke / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany Accession Year 1989 Object Number 1989.53 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The pre-printed pattern of the paper support is an "elephant skin pattern." Publication History Peter Nisbet and Emilie Norris, Busch-Reisinger Museum: History and Holdings, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1991), p. 93, ill. Exhibition History Stratification: An Installation of Works since 1960, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 09/17/2005 - 02/26/2006 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
