Sigmar Polke

German, born Poland (Oels, Lower Silesia [now Olesnica, Poland], 1941 - 2010, Cologne, Germany)

Untitled (Hands and Stains), from the series Raster

1984
photograph | gelatin silver print
Not currently on view in the museum
Untitled (Hands and Stains), from the series Raster
41 1/4 in. x 98 1/8 in. (104.78 cm x 249.24 cm)
Acquired 1994
Collection SFMOMA
Accessions Committee Fund: gift of Barbara and Gerson Bakar, Frances and John Bowes, Collectors Forum, Mimi and Peter Haas, and Leanne B. Roberts
© Estate of Sigmar Polke / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany
94.439
Keywords

dots, abstract, black, white


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