Art Market
Over the decades, Polke had shows with dealers Anthony d’Offay, in London, and, in New York, with Marian Goodman and Holly Solomon. He hedged, however, on official representation until the 1990s, when he went with Michael Werner Gallery.
Polke's mid-1960s works remain the artist’s most recognizable and have performed the best at auction. A first record price for Polke’s work at auction was established at Christie’s in London in 2007 when 2.7 million pounds (then $5.3 million) were paid for a 1966 canvas titled Strand (Beach). At a Sotheby's auction in London in 2011, Polke's City Painting II (1968) sold for $7.4 million, and his Jungle (1967) established a new record for the artist at $9.2 million. Meanwhile, Untitled (São Paolo Series) (1975, a series of 10 photographs ten large photographic images which Polke made for the São Paolo Biennale in 1975, sold at Christie’s London in February 2006 for £568,000 ($988,000).
The Estate of Sigmar Polke has been established by his heirs - his widow, artist Augustina Baroness von Nagel, daughter Anna Polke, and son Georg Polke - to build up an archive in the artist‘s Cologne studio. The Estate also administers the artist‘s intellectual property rights. A Catalogue Raisonné of paintings, photographs and works on paper is currently being prepared by the Estate.
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