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Kölner Bettler II (Cologne Beggars II)

1972

Sigmar Polke

(German, 1941–2010)
Culture
Germany, 20th century
Medium
Offset lithograph from photographs by Polke
Measurements
Image: 32.9 x 44 cm (12 15/16 x 17 5/16 in.); Paper: 42.8 x 60.6 cm (16 7/8 x 23 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Tom E. Hinson and Diana S. Tittle 2022.65
Edition
Edition 51/100
Impression
51
Copyright
Copyright
This artwork is known to be under copyright.
Location
Not on view
Print
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Did You Know?

German artist Sigmar Polke’s prints shares with American Pop Art the growing influence of advertising and the media in the 1960s.

Description

Instead of focusing on celebrities and consumer goods like Andy Warhol, Sigmar Polke used commonplace, unglamorous scenes as the basis of his images such as this violinist (identified in the work’s title as a beggar) playing in the streets of Cologne. Polke also used the most economical, prosaic means to reproduce the image—photolithography—rather than the vibrant screen print medium favored by American Pop artists.

Kölner Bettler II (Cologne Beggars II)

1972

Sigmar Polke

(German, 1941–2010)
Germany, 20th century

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