Sigmar PolkeGerman, 1941–2010Button Palm (Knopfpalme)
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Button Palm (Knopfpalme)” now? Collection: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.
Chicago, United States
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- 2010.495.3
In the catalog
Sources
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Image: Art Institute of Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
In the life of Sigmar Polke
The whole life1961–1967
The Düsseldorf Art Academy
At twenty Polke entered the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where in 1961–1967 he studied under Karl Otto Götz and Gerhard Hoehme and was deeply influenced by his teacher Joseph Beuys.
1964
Daughter born: Anna Polke
1964
The Young Germans award in Baden-Baden
In 1964 Polke, together with Klaus Geldmacher and Dieter Krieg, received the Young Germans award in Baden-Baden; the Galerie René Block in Berlin showed “Neodada Pop Decollage Kapitalistischer Realismus”.
1966
First one-man show, in West Berlin
In 1966 Polke had his first one-person show at the Galerie René Block in West Berlin.
1968
A portfolio of 14 photographs
In 1968, the year after he left the academy, Polke published a portfolio of 14 photographs of small sculptures made of buttons, balloons and a glove, shot with a Rollei camera. Until 1971 he made several films and thousands of photographs, most of which he could not afford to print.
