Figure with Hand (Figur mit Hand)

1973 · Print

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Not on view at present

Where is “Figure with Hand (Figur mit Hand)” now? Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Not on view at present. Checked September 29, 2026.

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

Checked: 12 days ago
In this state since: Aug 19, 2026
Source: The museum

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Accession number: 1991.57.14

What it shows

Figures

In the catalog

Prints Photomechanical print Post-war art 20th century German

Sources

National Gallery of Art
Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder

In the life of Sigmar Polke

The whole life

1970–1971
Teaching at the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts
In 1970–1971 Polke taught at the Hamburg Academy of Fine Arts.
1971
Paris photographs under LSD
In 1971 Polke photographed Paris and printed the pictures with chemical staining while under the influence of LSD, creating works full of “strange presences”; with them began his use of the photographic process to alter “reality” — creased and folded wet paper, negatives combined with positives.
30 June 1972 – 8 October 1972
Exhibition: Documenta 5
1973
In the United States with James Lee Byars
In 1973 Polke travelled to the United States with the artist James Lee Byars in search of the “other” America; the fruit of the journey was a series of manipulated images of homeless alcoholics on New York's Bowery.
1974
A journey through Pakistan and Afghanistan
In the 1970s Polke made a series of round-the-world journeys, photographing in Paris, New York, Afghanistan and Brazil; in 1974 he travelled through Pakistan and Afghanistan.
1975
Painting prize at the São Paulo Biennial
For the 13th São Paulo Biennial Polke made a series of ten large photographic images, and he won the Biennial's prize for painting.