The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 17, 2024
Girlfriends I
1967
(German, 1941–2010)
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Sheet: 47.9 x 60.8 cm (18 7/8 x 23 15/16 in.); Image: 46 x 59 cm (18 1/8 x 23 1/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1999.96
© Artists Right Society (ARS), New York
Catalogue raisonné: Becker & von der Ostern 3
Location: not on view
Description
In Girlfriends I, Sigmar Polke enlarged an image from popular culture to the point where the halftone pattern is not only visible but competes with the bold women for our attention. In addition to conveying the tones of the photographic image, the halftone here became a symbol of mass media and consumer culture itself. The pattern’s primary job is to trick our eyes into seeing a photographic image with a full range of grays, not a busy field of black dots. But for the artist and many others working in the 1960s, the halftone took on a more layered meaning.- Photographs in Ink. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 20, 2022-April 2, 2023).From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 17-November 26, 2000).Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 17 - November 26, 2000. "From Rembrandt to Rauschenberg: Recently Acquired Prints."
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