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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.127
People
Sigmar Polke, German (Oels (Silesia), Germany 1941 - 2010 Cologne, Germany)
Title
Higher Beings Command
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Höhere Wesen Befehlen
Classification
Prints
Work Type
portfolio
Date
1968
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/367457

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Portfolio of 14 prints and 4 drawings
Dimensions
box: 31.8 × 22.5 × 2.5 cm (12 1/2 × 8 7/8 × 1 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: On box exterior: Sigmar Polke [over] <> [over] edition 10 [over] Galerie Rene Block Berlin

Provenance

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

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
27/50

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
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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