Harvard Art Museums > 2013.27.3: Button Palm Tree Prints 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, May 19, 2025, 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, Germany (now Olesnica, Poland) 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 Objects Object Number 2013.27.1-15 Artist Sigmar Polke Title Higher Beings Command Classification 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