Sigmar Polke

German | 1941 - 2010

Sigmar Polke was a German Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1941. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid. Numerous key galleries and museums such as PalaisPopulaire by Deutsche Bank have featured Sigmar Polke's work in the past.Sigmar Polke's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 4 USD to 27,130,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 27,130,000 USD for DSCHUNGEL (JUNGLE), sold at Sotheby's New York in 2015. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 100,489 USD, while his sculptures have sold for an average of 76,212 USD.Sigmar Polke has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Aperture and Apollo. The most recent article is Spain’s Art Market On the Upswing: An Interview With ARCOmadrid Director Maribel López written for Observer in February 2025. The artist died in 2010.

Featured for Sale

Skelett ,1974

By Sigmar Polke

Sotheby's London

Untitled (Willich) [Twelve Works

By Sigmar Polke

Christie's New York

Untitled (Mönchengladbach 1983) ,1983

By Sigmar Polke

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions

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At Auction

Notable Lots

Rasterbild mit Palmen

By Sigmar Polke

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Stadtbild II (City Painting II) - Sigmar Polke

Stadtbild II (City Painting II) ,1968

By Sigmar Polke

Familie II ,1966

By Sigmar Polke

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Upcoming Lots

Mondlandschaft mit Schilf (Moonlit Landscape with Reeds)

By Sigmar Polke

Christie's London

Skelett ,1974

By Sigmar Polke

Sotheby's London

Untitled (Willich) [Twelve Works

By Sigmar Polke

Christie's New York

Post-Auction Lots for Sale

Untitled (Spiegelung I and Spiegelung II - Sigmar Polke

Untitled (Spiegelung I and Spiegelung II ,1992

By Sigmar Polke

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions

Hopp/Topp ,1996

By Sigmar Polke

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions

Hopp ,1996

By Sigmar Polke

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions

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Recent Auction Results

Untitled (Griffelkunst 1989) - Sigmar Polke

Untitled (Griffelkunst 1989) ,1989

By Sigmar Polke

Grisebach

Untitled

By Sigmar Polke

Plückbaum Auction House

Herrenportrait

Attributed to Sigmar Polke

Karrenbauer Auction House

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Current Exhibitions

Louisiana Visits Franz Gertsch: Post-War And Contemporary Art In Dialogue

Museum Franz Gertsch

Burgdorf | Switzerland

Sep 21,2024 - Mar 02,2025

Égrégore

Galerie Chantal Crousel

3e | Paris | France

Feb 08,2025 - Mar 08,2025

Sigmar Polke. Affinities Revealed

Museo Nacional del Prado

Madrid | Spain

Nov 26,2024 - Mar 16,2025

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Articles

Spain’s Art Market On the Upswing: An Interview With ARCOmadrid Director Maribel López

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Coverage

“ ..Polke is best known for his work in painting, a medium he navigated with a broadly experimental attitude toward content and materials... ”
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Michael Werner, London

“ ..Methodology based on radical doubt became the foundation from which Polke quickly became known for his experimental photography... ”
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r/e projects

“ ..Like many artists of his generation, Polke adopted a critical stance in his work, forced as he was to reconcile the horrors of his country’s recent past with growing prosperity and consumerism amidst the... ”
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Michael Werner, New York

“ ..Always an experimental and prolific artist, Polke worked primarily in painting and drawing throughout the 1960s... ”
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Michael Werner, London

“ .. Through their plurality in sources and techniques, the exhibited works are unparalleled in Polke's ability to weave together fragmented moments in time, to utilize disparate media, and to illuminate seminal... ”
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Nahmad Contemporary