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Higher Beings Command (Höhere Wesen befehlen)

A work made of portfolio of 14 offset lithographs.
© 2018 Estate of Sigmar Polke/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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  • A work made of portfolio of 14 offset lithographs.

Date:

1968

Artist:

Sigmar Polke
German, 1941–2010

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Sigmar Polke

Title

Higher Beings Command (Höhere Wesen befehlen)

Place

Germany (Artist's nationality:)

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Published 1968

Medium

Portfolio of 14 offset lithographs

Edition

14 of 30

Dimensions

Each: 29.7 × 21 cm (11 3/4 × 8 5/16 in.); Portfolio: 31.5 × 22.9 cm (12 7/16 × 9 in.)

Credit Line

The Mary and Leigh Block Endowment Fund

Reference Number

2010.495.1-14

Copyright

© 2018 Estate of Sigmar Polke/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn

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