A black and white lithograph of a blanket on a light background.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white lithograph shows a blanket spread across a light background. The blanket has a decorative border of three rows of leaves across the top and bottom. It has been lightly gathered in center of the top edge and folds extend down from the top in sinuous curves and radiate out from the sides. Text at the bottom reads “ Die Decke, in die sich immer wieder die Konturen einer welblichen Figur falten.”

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2013.27.9
People
Sigmar Polke, German (Oels, Germany (now Olesnica, Poland) 1941 - 2010 Cologne, Germany)
Title
The Blanket that Keeps Folding Itself into the Shape of a Woman
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Die Decke, in die sich immer wieder die Konturen einer weiblichen Figur falten
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1968
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/348403

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
2013.27.9
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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