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A black and white lithograph of a person in a tree.

The black and white lithograph shows a person in a tree. The tree is in the center of the picture, other vegetation is visible along the bottom edge. The person is standing in the branches of the tree reaching up. The heaviest concentration of leaves is in the center of the tree, other branches to the left and right are bare or with only a few leaves remaining. Text at the bottom reads “Polke entlaubt einen Baum.”

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2013.27.12
People
Sigmar Polke, German (Oels (Silesia), Germany 1941 - 2010 Cologne, Germany)
Title
Polke Strips a Tree of Its Leaves
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Polke entlaubt einen Baum
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1968
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/348406

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
2013.27.12
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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