Polke sometimes mixed materials such as pulverized graphite, iodine and different liquids into the paint. It was hard to predict how these ingredients would react with one another. The chemical processes that determined the colours and shapes often went on working long after the painting was finished. It is this alchemy of colours, and the magic that Polke associates with it, that interests him.
Specifications
| Title | Werkgruppe I: Das war schon immer so! |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Pigment in varnish on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 200 cm Height 260 cm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Artist:
Sigmar Polke
|
| Accession number | 3067 (MK) |
| Credits | Purchased 1983 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1983 |
| Creation date | in 1982 |
| Entitled parties | (c) The estate of Sigmar Polke, Köln, c/o Pictoright Amsterdam 2018 |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Germany > Western Europe > Europe |
