Propellerfrau

Propellerfrau
Artist Sigmar Polke
Year 1969
Medium Curtain on oil
Subject Space Race between the USA and USSR at the end of the 1960s
Dimensions 185 cm × 198 cm (73 in × 78 in)
Location Museum Trésor des Templiers, Rorschacherberg
Website propellerfrau.com/en/

Propellerfrau is a painting by Sigmar Polke, which was completed in 1969.[1][2][3]

History

The painting was designed and created by Polke in 1969. It was first exhibited in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam in 1992.[4] In 2007, the painting was sold by Polke to a friendly art director from Cologne, which led later to a medially very widely discussed ownership lawsuit between the bereaved of Polke (he died in 2010) and the buyer. The Landgericht Köln (high court in Cologne) obliged the heirs 2014 to return the work to the buyer.[5][6][7] In 2018, the painting was taken in an art collection of a museum in Rorschacherberg.[8][9]

Characteristics of the painting

The painting was realized by Polke with oil on curtain fabric. It shows his interpretation of the Space Race in the 1960s between the Soviet Union and the United States.[10]

Literature

  • Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam). Sigmar Polke : exhibition, 25 September–29 November 1992. In: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam catalogus; 770, ISBN 90-5006-077-3.

References

  1. ↑ Schnäppchen frei Atelier?, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, German, Andreas Rossmann, August 22, 2015. Retrieved on July 11, 2018
  2. ↑ Bilder im freien Fall, Die Zeit, Petra Kipphoff, October 16, 1992. Retrieved on July 11, 2018
  3. ↑ Sigmar Polke wurde Bild aus Atelier gestohlen, Die Presse, September 16, 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2018
  4. ↑ Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam). Sigmar Polke : exhibition, 25 September-29 November 1992 In: (Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam catalogus ; 770). ISBN 90-5006-077-3
  5. ↑ Privatmann gewinnt Prozess um Polke-Bild „Propellerfrau“. In: Die Welt, August 7, 2015. Retrieved on July 11, 2018
  6. ↑ Prozesse um Polke-Arbeiten Von echten, falschen und gestohlenen Bildern. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, German, August 10, 2015. Retrieved von July 11, 2018
  7. ↑ Erben verlieren „Propellerfrau“ von Polke. In: DerWesten August 8, 2015. Retrieved von July 11, 2018
  8. ↑ The Estate of Sigmar Polke. Retrieved on July 11, 2018.
  9. ↑ Propellerfrau von Sigmar Polke in der Ausstellung Schatzkammer der Templer. Trésor des Templiers. Retrieved on July 11, 2018
  10. ↑ Reportage über Sigmar Polke, Köln und seine Arbeit Propellerfrau. Veröffentlichung: 2018-03-13, German, YouTube, Retrieved on July 11, 2018
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