Artist Monograph

Sigmar Polke, German

Sigmar Polke is represented by 175 works in MoMA's permanent collection, classified as german, with dated works spanning 1963–2004.

German, 1941–2010

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Medium & Technique Profile

Primary media across the MoMA holdings

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Screenprint	53	30.3%
Photography	45	25.7%
Lithography	34	19.4%
Other Media	20	11.4%
Gouache	8	4.6%
Acrylic Painting	4	2.3%

Technique range

Sigmar Polke’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Screenprint, with secondary engagement in Photography, Lithography, Other Media, Gouache, Acrylic Painting.

Collection Distribution: MoMA & The Met

Works held at MoMA

MoMA holds a substantial body of 175 works produced between 1963 and 2004 attributed to Sigmar Polke, representing verified accession records curated by the museum’s Department of Painting and Sculpture and sister departments.

Production timeline

Dated works in these two collections span 41 years, from 1963 to 2004.

Cultural Context & Contemporaries

National context

Sigmar Polke is catalogued under German nationality. See the full German artists hub.

Contemporaries among German artists

835
Lilly Reich
works at MoMA
750
August Sander
works at MoMA
270
Thomas Schütte
works at MoMA
260
Martin Kippenberger
works at MoMA
224
Michael Schmidt
works at MoMA

Lifespan & active period

Lifespan: 1941–2010 (69 years). Artistic production is attributed within this window.

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 150 shown of 175

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
"Young Man Come Back Soon!" ("Junge komm bald wieder!") Drawing Acc. 39.1997	1963	Ballpoint pen and watercolor on paper	11 3/4 x 8 1/2" (29.8 x 21 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift by exchange: Heinz Berggruen and Klaus Perls in memory of Frank Perls, Glickstein Foundation, and Mrs. Alfred P. Shaw
Rice Drawing Acc. 325.1998	(1963-64)	Ballpoint pen on paper	11 5/8 x 5 1/4" (29.5 x 21 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Sheldon H. Solow
Untitled Drawing Acc. 40.1997	(1963)	Ballpoint pen, oil, and gouache on paper	11 5/8 x 8 1/2" (29.6 x 21 cm)	Drawings & Prints	By exchange from the Joan and Lester Avnet Collection and John S. Newberry Collection
Untitled (Woman with Spray Can) Drawing Acc. 324.1998	(1963)	Ballpoint pen	11 1/8 x 8 1/4" (28.2 x 21 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Sheldon H. Solow
Free of Dizziness Drawing Acc. 117.1979	(1964)	Ballpoint pen on paper	11 3/4 x 8 3/8" (29.7 x 21.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Cosmopolitan Arts Foundation
Untitled Drawing Acc. 252.2000	c. 1964	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	29 x 29 3/8" (73.5 x 74.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Anonymous fractional and promised gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 41.1997	1964	Ballpoint pen and gouache on paper	11 3/4 x 8 5/8" (29.8 x 21.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds provided by Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis
Untitled, Untitled (Raster mit Gesichtern) Drawing Acc. 2808.2005	1964	Ballpoint pen on paper	11 3/4 x 8 1/4" (29.8 x 21 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift (purchase, and gift, in part, of The Eileen and Michael Cohen Collection)
Untitled Photograph Acc. 886.2011	c. 1965	Gelatin silver print	6 11/16 × 8 11/16" (17 × 22 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled ("Witz") Drawing Acc. 94.1996	1965	Felt-tip pen and watercolor on paper	11 3/4 x 8 1/4" (29.8 x 21.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled (Drawing for "Silberner Ziegelstein") Drawing Acc. 93.1996	1965	Ballpoint pen on paper	11 3/4 x 8 1/4" (29.8 x 21 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Barbara G. Pine
Balloon Palm Tree (Luftbalonpalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.7	1966, published 1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 3/4 x 6 5/16" (22.2 x 16.1 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 20.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Bread Palm Tree (Brotpalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.2	1966, published 1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 13/16 x 6 5/16" (22.4 x 16 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 20.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Button Palm Tree (Knopfpalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.3	1966, published 1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 7/8 x 6 5/16" (22.5 x 16.1 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 3/16" (29 x 20.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Cotton Palm Tree (Wattepalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.5	1966, published 1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 3/4 x 6 5/16" (22.2 x 16.1 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 20.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Glass Palm Tree (Glaspalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.8	1966, published 1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 3/4 x 6 5/16" (22.2 x 16 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 3/16" (29 x 20.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Glove Palm Tree (Handschuhpalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.6	1966, published 1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 3/4 x 6 5/16" (22.3 x 16.1 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 3/16" (29 x 20.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Measuring Stick Palm Tree (Zollstockpalme) from The Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.1	1966, published 1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 3/4 x 6 5/16" (22.2 x 16.1 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 3/16" (29 x 20.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Men Palm Tree (Menschenpalme) from the Palm Tree Series (Palmenserie) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.4	1966, published 1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 3/4 x 6 5/16" (22.2 x 16.1 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 20.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Untitled Drawing Acc. 118.1979	1966	Ballpoint pen and gouache on paper	11 5/8 x 8 1/4" (29.6 x 20.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Cosmopolitan Arts Foundation
Untitled Photograph Acc. 887.2011.a-c	1966-69	Gelatin silver prints	6 3/4 × 8 7/8" (17.2 × 22.5 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Blanket Photograph Acc. 889.2011	1967	Gelatin silver print	9 1/8 × 7" (23.1 × 17.8 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Blanket (Decke) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.9	1967, published 1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 11/16 x 6 3/8" (22.1 x 16.2 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 21 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Girlfriends I (Freundinnen I) Print Acc. 239.1984	1967	Offset lithograph	composition: 18 5/16 x 23 1/4" (46.6 x 59 cm); sheet: 18 1/2 x 23 7/8" (47 x 60.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Richard A. Epstein Fund
Polke Neue Bilder Design Acc. 493.1987	1967	Offset Lithograph	33 x 23 1/4" (84 x 59 cm)	Architecture & Design	Given anonymously
Weekend House (Wochenendhaus) from Graphics of Capitalist Realism (Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus) Print Acc. 55.1995.4	1967, published 1968	Screenprint from a portfolio of six screenprints (one with four seed packets, one on plexiglass, and one with glitter additions)	composition: 20 1/2 x 32 15/16" (52 x 83.9 cm); sheet: 23 5/16 x 33 1/16" (59 x 83.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
…..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.1-14	1968, prints made 1966–68	Portfolio of fourteen photolithographs	sheet (each): 11 7/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 20.9cm); frame (fourteen acrylic traps, each approx.): 11 7/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 20.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
"Eight Lines" ("Acht Striche") Drawing Acc. 2810.2005.a-b	1968	Gouache and pencil on notebook paper	8 1/4 x 5 7/8" (21 x 14.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
"Flying Saucers" ("Fliegende Untertassen") Drawing Acc. 2809.2005	1968	Gouache on notebook paper	8 1/8 x 5 3/4" (20.6 x 14.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
"Sculpture" ("Plastik") Drawing Acc. 2450.2001	c. 1968	Ink and watercolor on notebook paper	8 1/8 x 5 7/8" (20.6 x 14.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Per Skarstedt
Cardboardology (Pappologie) Drawing Acc. 770.2012.a-hh	1968–69	Cardboard, nails, ink, pencil, ballpoint pen, and felt-tip pen on graph paper	19 1/4 x 52 1/2" (48.9 x 133.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the generosity of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Committee on Drawings Fund, gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange), Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest (by exchange), gift of Dr. Kuo Yu-Shou (by exchange) and gift of Alexander Calder (by exchange)
The Correction of the Lines of the Hand (Die Korrektur an den Handlinien) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.11	1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 11/16 x 6 3/8" (22.1 x 16.2 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 21 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
The Defoliation of a Tree (Das Entblättern eines Baumes) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.12	1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 11/16 x 6 5/16" (22.1 x 16.1 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 21 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
The Double (Der Doppelgänger) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.10	1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 11/16 x 6 5/16" (22.1 x 16.1 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 21 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
The Tree, For My Sake, Has Grown Up Hollow (Der Baum, der meinetwegen hohl gewachsen ist) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.13	1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 11/16 x 6 3/8" (22.1 x 16.2 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 21 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Untitled Drawing Acc. 324.1988	(1968)	Watercolor, acrylic spray, gouache on paper	37 3/4 x 25" (95.9 x 63.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of R.L.B. Tobin
Untitled Photograph Acc. 890.2011	1968	Gelatin silver print	6 5/16 × 9 1/8" (16 × 23.2 cm) (irregular)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled (Anna Polke) Photograph Acc. 888.2011	c. 1968	Gelatin silver print	9 5/16 × 7 1/16" (23.7 × 18 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled from the series Meiseen pot Photograph Acc. 891.2011	1968	Gelatin silver print	4 9/16 × 6 13/16" (11.6 × 17.3 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Whip Drawing Acc. 119.1979	1968	Ink on lined notebook paper	8 1/4 x 5 7/8" (21 x 14.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of The Cosmopolitan Arts Foundation
Whip (Peitsche) from …..Higher Beings Ordain (…..Höhere Wesen befehlen) Print Acc. 103.1998.14	1968	One from a portfolio of 14 photolithographs	plate: 8 11/16 x 6 3/8" (22.1 x 16.2 cm); sheet: 11 7/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 20.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Associates of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
Untitled Painting Acc. 197.1996	1969	Acrylic on canvas	59 1/8 x 49 3/8" (150.2 x 125.4 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser
Hurray!!! 3 Correct (Hurra!!! 3 Richtige) from En Bloc Print Acc. 167.1985.11	1971	Plastic binder with one photograph, 43 lottery tickets, and one drawing with collage	overall (binder): 8 15/16 x 7 3/16 x 1 3/8" (22.7 x 18.3 x 3.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Christopher Gray
Self Portrait (Selbstbildnis) from Graphics of Capitalist Realism (Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus) Print Acc. 2.1973.4	1971	Offset lithograph from an illustrated book with suite of three screenprints, two offset lithographs, and one etching	composition: 6 15/16 x 7 5/8" (17.7 x 19.3 cm); sheet: 8 1/4 x 9 1/16" (21 x 23 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Seiden and de Cuevas Foundation Fund
Spiderman Drawing Acc. 411.1999	1971-74	Cut-and-pasted painted papers on canvas	9' 3 1/4" x 10' 3" (282.6 x 213.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Leon D. Black, Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis, Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, and the Richard E. Salomon Family
TV Picture (Soccer Player) I (Fernsehbild (Kicker) I) Print Acc. 739.2006	1971	Photolithograph	composition and sheet: 25 3/16 x 33 1/16" (64 x 84 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Roxanne H. Frank Fund
TV Picture (Soccer Player) I (Fernsehbild (Kicker) I) Print Acc. 183.1988	1971	Photolithograph	composition and sheet: 25 3/16 x 32 13/16" (64 x 83.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
TV Picture (Soccer Player) I (Fernsehbild (Kicker) I) Print Acc. 501.2006	1971	Photolithograph	composition and sheet: 25 1/8 x 33 1/16" (63.8 x 84 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Untitled Painting Acc. 196.1996	1971	Watercolor, gouache, and synthetic polymer paint on paper mounted on canvas	7' 9 1/4" x 69 3/4" (236.9 x 177.2 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of the Dannheisser Foundation
Untitled Photograph Acc. 912.2011	1971	Gelatin silver print	6 3/4 × 9 7/16" (17.2 × 24 cm) (irregular)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled from the series Paris Photograph Acc. 913.2011	1971	Gelatin silver print	9 7/16 × 11 5/8" (24 × 29.5 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled from the series Paris Photograph Acc. 914.2011	1971	Gelatin silver print, with applied color	9 7/16 × 7 1/16" (24 × 18 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled from the series Paris Photograph Acc. 915.2011	1971	Gelatin silver print, with applied color	9 7/16 × 11 11/16" (24 × 29.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled from the series Paris Photograph Acc. 916.2011	1971	Gelatin silver print, with applied color	7 1/16 × 9 7/16" (18 × 23.9 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled from the series Paris Photograph Acc. 917.2011	1971	Gelatin silver print	9 7/16 × 11 13/16" (24 × 30 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled from the series Paris Photograph Acc. 918.2011	1971	Gelatin silver print	9 3/8 × 7 1/16" (23.8 × 18 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled from the series Paris Photograph Acc. 919.2011	1971	Gelatin silver print, with applied color	7 1/16 × 9 7/16" (18 × 24 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Weekend I from Weekend Print Acc. 1.1973.16	1971, published 1972	Offset lithograph from a portfolio of nine screenprints (two with glitter additions), five stereotype and linoleum cuts, four offset lithographs, and one multiple	composition: 16 9/16 x 21 7/16" (42 x 54.5cm); sheet: 18 1/16 x 24 5/16" (45.8 x 61.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Seiden and de Cuevas Foundation Fund
Weekend II from Weekend Print Acc. 1.1973.15	1971, published 1972	Offset lithograph from a portfolio of nine screenprints (two with glitter additions), five stereotype and linoleum cuts, four offset lithographs, and one multiple	composition: 16 7/16 x 23 7/16" (41.8 x 59.5cm); sheet: 18 1/16 x 24 5/16" (45.8 x 61.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Seiden and de Cuevas Foundation Fund
Weekend III from Weekend Print Acc. 1.1973.14	1971, published 1972	Offset lithograph from a portfolio of nine screenprints (two with glitter additions), five stereotype and linoleum cuts, four offset lithographs, and one multiple	composition: 16 9/16 x 20 9/16" (42 x 52.3cm); sheet: 18 1/16 x 24 5/16" (45.8 x 61.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Seiden and de Cuevas Foundation Fund
Cologne Beggars I-IV (Kölner Bettler I-IV) Print Acc. 182.1988.1-4	1972	Series of four photolithographs	each sheet: 16 9/16 x 23 15/16" (42 x 60.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Walter Bareiss Fund
Mao Painting Acc. 109.1982.a-b	1972	Synthetic polymer paint on patterned fabric mounted on felt with a wood dowel rod	142 3/4" x 122 1/2" (362.6 x 311.2 cm), rod 145 3/4" (370.2 cm) long	Painting & Sculpture	Kay Sage Tanguy Fund
Menschkin Painting Acc. 198.1996	1972	Synthetic polymer paint on patterned fabric	39 1/2 x 31 1/2" (100.3 x 80 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser
Untitled from the series Weekend Photograph Acc. 920.2011	1972	Gelatin silver print	9 7/16 × 7 1/16" (23.9 × 18 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
At The Opera (Answer to the Question Whether Sponges Possess Consciousness) (In der Oper (Entscheidung der Frage, ob den Schwämmen Bewußtsein zukommt)) Print Acc. 240.1997	1973	Photolithograph on flocked paper		Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie Garfield Fund
Figure with Hand (Dizzy…) (Figur mit Hand (Es schwindelt…)) Print Acc. 241.1997	1973	Photolithograph on imitation snakeskin paper		Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Hands (The Mediation between Above and Below) (Hände (Die Vermittlung zwischen dem Oberen und dem Unteren) Print Acc. 239.1997	1973	Photolithograph		Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie Garfield Fund
House fronts (Anyone unable to make anything out must use his own pendulum) (Häuserfront (Wer hier nichts erkennen kann, muß selber pendeln)) Print Acc. 643.1990	1973	Photolithograph	composition (irreg.): 14 5/8 x 12" (37.1 x 30.5 cm); sheet: 17 11/16 x 24 3/4" (45 x 62.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Joshua Mack
Obelisk (Hieroglyphs) (Obelisk (Hieroglyphen)) Print Acc. 442.1990	1973	Photolithograph on marbleized paper	composition: 24 3/4 x 17 7/8" (62.8 x 45.4cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 7/8" (62 x 45.4cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
TV Picture Ice Hockey (Rauwolfia alkaloide) (Fernsehbild Eishockey (Rauwolfiaalkaloide)) Print Acc. 644.1990	1973	Photolithograph	composition: 14 15/16 x 9 1/2" (38 x 24.1 cm); sheet: 24 7/16 x 17 7/8" (62 x 45.4 cm); frame (RAB): 28 x 23 3/16 x 1 3/8" (71.1 x 58.9 x 3.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Joshua Mack
Untitled Photograph Acc. 894.2011	c. 1973	Gelatin silver print, with applied color	6 15/16 × 5" (17.6 × 12.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 921.2011	c. 1973	Gelatin silver print, with applied color	4 15/16 × 6 15/16" (12.6 × 17.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 895.2011	c. 1973	Gelatin silver print with burned area	7 × 9 7/16" (17.8 × 23.9 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 922.2011	c. 1973	Gelatin silver print, with applied color	7 1/16 × 9 7/16" (18 × 23.9 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 896.2011	c. 1973	Gelatin silver print with applied color	7 1/16 × 9 7/16" (18 × 24 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 892.2011	c. 1973	Gelatin silver print	4 15/16 × 6 7/8" (12.6 × 17.5 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 893.2011	c. 1973	Gelatin silver print	8 7/8 × 11 5/8" (22.5 × 29.5 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled (Mariette Althaus) Photograph Acc. 924.2011	c. 1973	Gelatin silver print	7 1/16 × 9 7/16" (18 × 24 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled (Michael Buthe) Photograph Acc. 898.2011.a-b	c. 1973	Gelatin silver prints with applied color	Each: 6 15/16 × 8 1/2" (17.6 × 21.6 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled from the series Figure with Hand. Dizzy… Photograph Acc. 923.2011	c. 1973	Gelatin silver print (gold toned)	11 3/4 × 9 7/16" (29.8 × 24 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled from the series TV Picture Ice Hockey) Photograph Acc. 925.2011.a-b	c. 1973	Gelatin silver prints	Each: 7 1/16 × 9 7/16" (18 × 23.9 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Hallo Shiva… Print Acc. 198.1986	1974	Photolithograph	composition: 8 x 16 15/16" (20.3 x 43.1 cm); sheet: 15 3/4 x 21 5/8" (40 x 55 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Eliza Parkinson Cobb Fund
Log from July 29 / 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (Protokoll vom 29.7. / 10–13:00) Drawing Acc. 15.1998.a-oo	c. 1974	Spiral-bound notebook with felt-tip pen and cut paper	8 1/4 × 5 3/4 × 1/4" (21 × 14.6 × 0.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by The Judith Rothschild Foundation
New York Beggars (New Yorker Bettler) Print Acc. 1660.2012	1974	Photolithograph	composition and sheet: 16 15/16 x 24" (43 x 61 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund
Untitled (Pakistan or Afghanistan) Photograph Acc. 926.2011	1974	Gelatin silver print	29 5/16 × 33 1/16" (74.5 × 84 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Day by Day… they take some brain away Illustrated Book Acc. 513.2022	1975	Artist's book and exh. cat. with 28 pages (including cover) and numberous ills., loose folded sheets	book, closed: 16 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 1/16" (41.9 × 29.8 × 0.1 cm) pages, open: 32 7/8 × 23 1/2" (83.5 × 59.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Helen and Sam Zell
Day by Day…they take some brain away Illustrated Book Acc. 446.1999.3	1975	Artist's book	page (each): 16 1/8 x 11 5/8" (41 x 29.6 cm); frame (acrylic trap, approx.): 16 1/8 x 11 5/8" (41 x 29.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Mu nieltnam netorruprup Print Acc. 242.1997	1975	Photolithograph	composition: 26 3/16 x 18 3/4" (66.5 x 47.7 cm); sheet: 27 1/2 x 19 9/16" (69.9 x 49.7 cm); frame (RAB): 32 x 35" (81.3 x 88.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Johanna and Leslie J. Garfield Fund
Untitled Photograph Acc. 900.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print with applied color	7 1/16 × 9 7/16" (18 × 24 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 901.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print with applied color	9 7/16 × 11 5/8" (24 × 29.6 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 902.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print, with applied color	9 7/16 × 11 13/16" (24 × 30 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 903.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print, with applied color	6 11/16 × 9 1/4" (17 × 23.5 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 904.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print	11 13/16 × 9 1/4" (30 × 23.5 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 905.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print	6 3/4 × 8 13/16" (17.1 × 22.4 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 906.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print	7 1/16 × 9 7/16" (18 × 24 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 907.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print	9 7/16 × 7 1/16" (24 × 18 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 908.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print with applied color	9 7/16 × 11 13/16" (24 × 30 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 909.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print	9 7/16 × 11" (24 × 28 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Drawing Acc. 323.1988	1975	Gelatin silver print	34 7/8 x 32 1/8" (88.6 x 81.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Photograph Acc. 899.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print	7 1/16 × 9 7/16" (18 × 23.9 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled (Mariette Althaus) Photograph Acc. 897.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print, with applied color	6 7/8 × 9 5/16" (17.4 × 23.7 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled (Mariette Althaus) Photograph Acc. 910.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print (red toned)	9 1/4 × 11 13/16" (23.5 × 30 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled (Zurich) Photograph Acc. 911.2011	c. 1975	Gelatin silver print, with applied color	9 7/16 × 7 1/16" (23.9 × 18 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
Arsenal (Zeughaus) Print Acc. 14.1991	1976	Photolithograph	composition: 28 5/16 x 19 3/4" (71.9 x 50.2 cm); sheet: 33 7/16 x 24" (85 x 60.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Joshua Mack
Georg Baselitz, Palermo, Sigmar Polke: Beitrag der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zur Biennale São Paulo Illustrated Book Acc. 446.1999.1-3	1976	Set of three exhibition catalogues		Drawings & Prints	Linda Barth Goldstein Fund
Kassel Photograph Acc. 927.2011	1977	Gelatin silver print	8 1/4 × 11 5/8" (21 × 29.5 cm)	Photography	Acquired through the generosity of Edgar Wachenheim III and Ronald S. Lauder
"Artists Fight…" ("Künstler kämpfen…") Print Acc. 645.1990	1979	Photolithograph	composition: 11 7/8 x 16 3/4" (30.2 x 42.5 cm); sheet: 11 13/16 x 16 3/4" (30 x 42.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Joshua Mack
The Pope Ordered the Bacon Cutlery too Late in Spiez (Dr Pabscht het z'Schpiez s'Schäckbschteck z'schpät bschteut) for (Parkett no. 30) Print Acc. 102.1998.1	1980-91	Digital print on vinyl with acrylic lacquer	composition: 19 x 15" (48.3 x 38.1cm)	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
Desastres and Other Sheer Miracles 1 (Desastres und andere bare Wunder I) (for Parkett no. 2) Print Acc. 101.1998.1	1982–84	Gelatin silver print	composition: 15 15/16 x 12" (40.5 x 30.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
Untitled Drawing Acc. 390.1984.a-b	1983	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	27 3/8 x 39 1/8" (69.7 x 99.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled Drawing Acc. 216.1996	1983	Gouache on paper	39 x 27 1/2" (99.1 x 69.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Dannheisser Foundation
Untitled (Treppe, Hund, Page, Dame) Drawing Acc. 2811.2005	(1983)	Spray paint and gouache on paper	39 1/8 x 27 1/2" (99.4 x 69.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Desastres and Other Sheer Miracles I (Desastres und andere bare Wunder I) (for Parkett, no. 2) Illustrated Book Acc. 101.1998.2	1984	Offset lithograph with embossing, bound in journal	unfolded: 6 7/8 x 200 13/16" (17.5 x 510 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
o.T. COLOR TEST, BLUE (o.T. FARBPROBE, BLAU) Drawing Acc. 14.1998	1984	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	39 3/8 x 29 1/2" (100 x 75 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchased with funds given by Barbara G. Pine
Watchtower Painting Acc. 230.1991	1984	Acrylic paints and dry pigment on patterned fabric	9' 10" x 7' 4 1/2" (300 x 224.8 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Fractional and promised gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled Print Acc. 646.1990	1987	Photolithograph	composition: 19 5/8 x 15 3/4" (49.9 x 40 cm); sheet: 23 5/8 x 17 11/16" (60 x 45 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Joshua Mack
Untitled Print Acc. 285.1989	1988	Photolithograph and screenprint	composition: 38 7/8 x 27 3/16" (98.7 x 69.1 cm); sheet: 38 7/8 x 27 3/16" (98.7 x 69.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Untitled, Number 5 Painting Acc. 199.1996	1988	Oil on fabric, wood stand and frame	7' x 45 1/2" x 3 1/2" (213.4 x 115.6 x 8.9 cm) including wood stand and frame	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser
Untitled Print Acc. 443.1990	1989	Screenprint with flocking	composition: 38 9/16 x 26 5/16" (98 x 66.8 cm); sheet: 38 9/16 x 26 5/16" (98 x 66.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Acquired in memory of Monroe Wheeler
Parkett no. 30 Periodical Acc. 102.1998.2×1-x2	1991	Journal		Drawings & Prints
The Goat Wagon Painting Acc. 200.1996	1992	Synthetic polymer paint on printed fabric	7' 2" x 9' 10" (218.4 x 299.7 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser
Untitled (Dancer) Drawing Acc. 203.1995	1994	Gouache on paper	40 1/2 x 28 3/4" (102.8 x 73 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder
Untitled (for Parkett no. 40/41) Print Acc. 104.1998.1	1994	Illustrated book with photolithographs and gouache drawing	composition: 10 1/16 x 8 1/4" (25.5 x 21 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund, Lily Auchincloss Fund, and Gift of Parkett
The First Cut (Der erste Schnitt) Print Acc. 1661.2012	1995	Screenprint	composition: 17 1/16 x 23 13/16" (43.3 x 60.5 cm); sheet: 21 9/16 x 29 1/2" (54.8 x 74.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund
The Second Fall (Der zweite Fall) Print Acc. 1662.2012	1995	Screenprint	composition: 14 15/16 x 23 15/16" (38 x 60.8 cm); sheet: 21 5/8 x 29 1/2" (55 x 75 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund
The Third Estate (Der dritte Stand) Print Acc. 1663.2012	1995	Screenprint	composition: 16 3/8 x 24" (41.6 x 60.9 cm); sheet: 21 5/8 x 29 1/2" (54.9 x 75 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund
Cultural Stencil (Kulturschablone) Print Acc. 1664.2012	1998	Screenprint with die-cut and collage additions	composition: 11 7/8 x 15 9/16" (30.1 x 39.5 cm); sheet: 16 9/16 x 23 5/8" (42 x 60 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund
Hallucie Print Acc. 1665.2012	1998	Screenprint	composition: 26 9/16 x 19 1/8" (67.5 x 48.6 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 x 19 1/2" (70 x 49.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Riva Castleman Endowment Fund
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2812.2005	1999	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	26 7/8 x 39 7/8" (68.3 x 101.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2813.2005	2002	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	39 1/4 x 27 1/2" (99.7 x 69.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2814.2005	2002	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	39 1/4 x 27 1/2" (99.7 x 69.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2815.2005	2002	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	39 1/8 x 27 1/2" (99.4 x 69.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2816.2005	2002	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	39 1/4 x 27 1/2" (99.7 x 69.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Untitled Drawing Acc. 2817.2005	2002	Synthetic polymer paint on paper	39 1/4 x 27 1/2" (99.7 x 69.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection Gift
Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.1-40	2004	Portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition (each, approx.): 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet (each, approx.): 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.29	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.30	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.31	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.32	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.33	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.34	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.35	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.36	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.37	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.38	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.39	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.40	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.1	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.2	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 1/4 × 13 11/16" (43.8 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.
Untitled from Full Moon in Aries (Vollmond im Widder) Print Acc. 1308.2016.3	2004	One from a portfolio of forty screenprint and lithographs	composition: 10 7/8 × 8 1/4" (27.6 × 21 cm); sheet: 17 5/16 × 13 11/16" (43.9 × 34.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Kathy and Richard S. Fuld, Jr.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many works by Sigmar Polke are in MoMA?

MoMA's catalogue lists 175 works attributed to Sigmar Polke.

What medium did Sigmar Polke primarily work in?

Based on MoMA's holdings, Sigmar Polke's most represented medium is Screenprint.

What nationality is Sigmar Polke?

Sigmar Polke is catalogued as German in MoMA's Artists index.

When were Sigmar Polke's works created?

Dated works in MoMA + Met for Sigmar Polke span 1963 to 2004.