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The Blanket that Keeps Folding Itself into the Shape of a Woman

1968

Artists

Sigmar PolkeArtist
Classification
Prints
Medium
Offset lithograph in black ink on beige art paper
Culture
German
Century
20th century
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Department
Busch-Reisinger Museum

Dimensions

30 x 21 cm (11 13/16 x 8 1/4 in.)

Provenance

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

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