A black and white lithograph of a forearm and extended hand.
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College
Unable to open [object Object]: HTTP 0 attempting to load TileSource: https://ids.lib.harvard.edu/ids/iiif/400094384/info.json
Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white lithograph shows, against a light background, a forearm in a dark sleeve with a light-colored cuff showing rising up from the bottom edge on the right side. The hand is open with the palm facing the viewer, the fingers and thumb are extended, a straight line has been drawn across the upper part of the palm with a diagonal line drawn at an angle to the right. Text at the bottom reads “Korrektur an den Handlinien.”

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2013.27.11
People
Sigmar Polke, German (Oels, Germany (now Olesnica, Poland) 1941 - 2010 Cologne, Germany)
Title
Correction of the Lines of the Hand
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Korrektur an den Handlinien
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1968
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/348405

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
2013.27.11
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

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