Artist Monograph

Sigmar Polke, German

German, 1941–2010

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Medium Breakdown

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%
Watercolor 4 2.3%
Acrylic Painting 4 2.3%
Oil Painting 2 1.1%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 125 71.4%
Photography 42 24%
Painting & Sculpture 7 4%
Architecture & Design 1 0.6%

Production by Decade

42
1960s
65
1970s
12
1980s
10
1990s
46
2000s

Classification Types

  • Print — 89
  • Photograph — 42
  • Drawing — 31
  • Painting — 7
  • Illustrated Book — 4
  • Periodical — 1
  • Design — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)11064.7%
Medium (30–100 cm)4727.6%
Large (1–3 m)95.3%
Monumental (> 3 m)42.4%

Range: 17.3 cm → 510.0 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19734
19793
19821
19842
19851
19861
19871
19884
19891
19906
19912
19952
19968
19977
199824
19993
20001
20011
200510
20062
201142
20127
20161
20221

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 1, 1 North" — 1

German Contemporaries

  1. 835 Lilly Reich
  2. 750 August Sander
  3. 270 Thomas Schütte
  4. 260 Martin Kippenberger
  5. 224 Michael Schmidt