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 Kunsten Museum of Modern Art in Aalborg. 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. Sigmar Polke has been featured in articles for The Art Newspaper, e-flux and HYPEBEAST. The most recent article is “Le Monde Comme Il Va” at Bourse De Commerce Is Jovial and Sardonic written for WHITEWALL in March 2024. The artist died in 2010.
![Häuserfront [Front of the Housing Block] - Sigmar Polke](jpg/a27e1f57-9df5-4a06-9f6c-ea327f13ede3_338.jpg "Häuserfront [Front of the Housing Block] - Sigmar Polke")
![Plastik-Wannen [Plastic Tubs] - Sigmar Polke](jpg/f3a3ad75-fcfa-4517-b52f-b47e3e27c681_338.jpg "Plastik-Wannen [Plastic Tubs] - Sigmar Polke")
At Auction
Recent Auction Results
Dr Pabscht het z’Schpiez s’Schpäckbschteck z’schpät bschteut (The Pope Ordered the Bacon Cutlery too Late in Spiez) (P. 30, B. & O. 91)
Current Exhibitions
Articles
Following a critically acclaimed inaugural exhibition Very friendly in 2023, Berlin-based art space HOUSE presents its second exhibition with the American artist Jeff Cowen following the theme of a ‘séance’.
Now on display at the Bourse de Commerce in Paris is “Le monde comme il va” (“The World as It Goes”), an assortment of darkly comedic contemporary artworks from the Pinault Collection.
Phillips’s Evening Sale of 20th-Century and Contemporary Art in London Comes up Short, Despite Healthy Mid-Level Bidding
The Art Newspaper 07/03/2024The 27-lot sale brought in £10.9m without fees after three works were pulled and another three failed to sell.
