Harvard Art Museums > 2013.27.3: Button Palm Tree 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"Button Palm Tree (Sigmar Polke) , 2013.27.3,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/348397. The black and white lithograph shows a series of buttons in various shapes and sizes laid out on a dark background in the shape of a palm tree with five fronds. There is a lighter area in the top left corner. Text at the bottom reads “Knopfpalme.” Identification and Creation Object Number 2013.27.3 People Sigmar Polke, German (Oels (Silesia), Germany 1941 - 2010 Cologne, Germany) Title Button Palm Tree Other Titles Original Language Title: Knopfpalme Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1968 Culture German Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/348397 Physical Descriptions Medium Offset lithograph in black ink on beige art paper Dimensions 30 x 21 cm (11 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Rene Block, Berlin]. Private Collection, Germany. [Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013. 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 2013 Object Number 2013.27.3 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. Related Works 2013.27.1-15 Sigmar Polke Higher Beings Command Prints Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or 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