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Sigmar Polke

1941–2010

Potato Machine - Apparatus Whereby One Potato Can Orbit Another 1969
© The estate of Sigmar Polke/ DACS 2026
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Hallo Shiva

Sigmar Polke
1974

Figure with Hand (I Am Made Dizzy by a Carpet of Rose-Petals...)

Sigmar Polke
1973
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Girlfriends I

Sigmar Polke
1967
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Untitled (Triptych)

Sigmar Polke
2002

Untitled (Square 2)

Sigmar Polke
2003

Potato Machine - Apparatus Whereby One Potato Can Orbit Another

Sigmar Polke
1969

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