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A black and white lithograph of a multi-strand whip against a light background.

The black and white lithograph shows a multi-strand whip with a dark handle against a light background. The strands of the whip have been spread out to the left of the handle, small square photographs of the same man making different faces in each, have been attached to the ends of some of the strands. Text at the bottom reads “Peitsche.”

Identification and Creation

Object Number
2013.27.14
People
Sigmar Polke, German (Oels (Silesia), Germany 1941 - 2010 Cologne, Germany)
Title
The Whip
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Die Peitsche
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1968
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/348408

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Offset lithograph in black ink on beige art paper
Dimensions
30 x 21 cm (11 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Rene Block, Berlin]. Private Collection, Germany. [Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Antonia Paepcke DuBrul Fund
Copyright
© The Estate of Sigmar Polke / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany
Accession Year
2013
Object Number
2013.27.14
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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