Updated октобар 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 54 works by Зигмар Полке in our catalogue
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According to this ranking, Levitation (2005) is the most famous painting by Зигмар Полке; the Kunsthaus Zürich, Zrich, holds it. It is followed by Sem título (1968) and Sem título (1965). This list draws on the 54 works by Зигмар Полке in the catalogue and records the 52 most famous, with date, holding museum and description for each entry.
In the vast landscape of contemporary art, few names resonate with as much mystery and technical audacity as Sigmar Polke. His masterpiece, Levitation, created in 2005, serves as a profound meditation on the very nature of perception. At first glance, the viewer is met with a seemingly banal tableau—a table laden with objects that ground the scene in reality—yet this familiarity is quickly subverted by an underlying sense of existential…
Sigmar Polke's "Sem título" (1968) isn’t merely a photograph; it’s a carefully constructed meditation on observation, displacement, and the unsettling beauty of everyday objects. This seminal work, housed within a stark grid of black-and-white frames, immediately draws the viewer into a world both familiar and profoundly strange. The arrangement—nine individual photographs presented as a unified whole—evokes a sense of systematic collection, almost like a meticulously documented survey of the mundane.…
Sigmar Polke’s “Sem título,” created in 1968, stands as an arresting testament to the burgeoning aesthetic of capitalist realism—a movement that sought to depict everyday life with unflinching honesty, mirroring the visual language of advertising and documentary filmmaking. More than just a photographic collage, it's a carefully constructed puzzle designed to challenge our assumptions about how we perceive the world around us.
Sigmar Polke's "Sem título" (1968), a deceptively simple grid of black and white photographs, is far more than just a collection of meticulously arranged objects. It’s a profound exploration of memory, displacement, and the inherent instability of visual perception – themes deeply rooted in the artist’s own turbulent personal history. Born in Poland amidst the upheaval of World War II and subsequently forced to flee to Germany as a child,…
Affenschaukel
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Hope is
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Alice in wonderland
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Lackmus
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Kandinsdingsda
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Jess
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Double Portrait Fabiola1965 · Bavarske državne slikopisne kolekcije
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Bunnies1966
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Sunset with Herons1969 · Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
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Potato House1967
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Color Sample1978 · Bavarske državne slikopisne kolekcije
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Alacrity1986 · Bavarske državne slikopisne kolekcije
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Firmness/Velocity1986 · Bavarske državne slikopisne kolekcije
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Virility1986 · Bavarske državne slikopisne kolekcije
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Acrimonia1986 · Bavarske državne slikopisne kolekcije
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Sin título (Hochstand) / Torre de vigilancia1984 · Institut Valencià d'Art Modern
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Break Domination1998 · Buffalo AKG Art Museum
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Mrs autumn and her two daughters
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Untitled (2)
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Untitled (3)
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Heron
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Large
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Supermarkets
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Measuring clothes
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Untitled (294)
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Flower water will not smell if you add a piece of charcoal
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Baumhaus
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Klassenzimmer
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Two palm trees
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Lens paintings
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Untitled (Lens Painting)
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Hannibal
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Watchtower
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Alibis
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Seance
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B mode
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Wochenendhaus from the portfolio Grafik des Kapitalistischen Realismus
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Magnetic landscape
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Audacia
50
Woman exchanged
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Lingua
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Propellerfrau1969
The four subjects most frequently represented among these works, each with its best-known example.
The 6 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Зигмар Полке | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bavarske državne slikopisne kolekcije |
Minhen | 8 | Ice Skater, Audatia, Double Portrait Fabiola |
 Fundacija Serralves |
Porto | 3 | Sem título, Sem título, Sem título |
 Kunsthaus Zürich |
Zrich | 1 | Levitation |
 Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe |
Karlsrue | 1 | Sunset with Herons |
 Institut Valencià d'Art Modern |
Valencia | 1 | Sin título (Hochstand) / Torre de vigilancia |
 Buffalo AKG Art Museum |
Buffalo | 1 | Break Domination |
Select a decade to display its principal painting.
Sigmar Polke's "Sem título" (1968) isn’t merely a photograph; it’s a carefully constructed meditation on observation, displacement, and the unsettling beauty of everyday objects. This seminal work, housed within a stark grid of black-and-white frames, immediately draws the viewer into a world both familiar and profoundly strange. The arrangement—nine individual photographs presented as a unified whole—evokes a sense of systematic collection, almost like a meticulously documented survey of the mundane.…
In the vast landscape of contemporary art, few names resonate with as much mystery and technical audacity as Sigmar Polke. His masterpiece, Levitation, created in 2005, serves as a profound meditation on the very nature of perception. At first glance, the viewer is met with a seemingly banal tableau—a table laden with objects that ground the scene in reality—yet this familiarity is quickly subverted by an underlying sense of existential…
Levitation (2005), Kunsthaus Zürich, Zrich. The following entries are Sem título (1968) and Sem título (1965).
64 years: Зигмар Полке was born in 1941 and Levitation is dated 2005.
Levitation, Sem título, Sem título, Sem título, Woman at mirror, Ice Skater, Audatia, Untitled, Sit correctly and Sunday. The list above records the date and holding museum of each.
The catalogue records 54 works by Зигмар Полке, dated between 1965 and 2005.
Principally in Bavarske državne slikopisne kolekcije (Minhen), Fundacija Serralves (Porto) and Kunsthaus Zürich (Zrich). The museum table above gives the full distribution.
In 1960s: 9 of the 52 works listed on this page are dated to that period, including Sem título.
The earliest dated work listed here is Sem título (1965); the latest is Levitation (2005).
Fragmentation (5), Photography (3) and Collage (3), out of the 52 works listed on this page.
Acrylic On Canvas, in 3 of the 52 works listed on this page.
Pop art and Capitalist realism, as documented by the works on this page.
Ice Skater, Audatia and Double Portrait Fabiola are among the 8 works on this page in the collection of the Bavarske državne slikopisne kolekcije, Minhen.
