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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.127.13
People
Sigmar Polke, German (Oels (Silesia), Germany 1941 - 2010 Cologne, Germany)
Title
The Blanket that Keeps Folding Itself into the Shape of a Woman
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Higher Beings Command
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/367521

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Offset lithograph on cream paper
Technique
Offset print
Dimensions
31 × 22.5 cm (12 3/16 × 8 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. Dorette Hildebrand-Staab (1969?-2020), gift; to the Busch-Reisinger Museum, 2020.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Dorette Hildebrand-Staab
Copyright
© The Estate of Sigmar Polke / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany
Accession Year
2020
Object Number
2020.127.13
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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