Lot 133 · Post-War and Contemporary Art
Leise rieselt der Schnee... es fehlt ein bisschen Ehrgeist (Slowly Falls the Snow... It Lacks a Little Ambition)
Sigmar Polke · ink and gouache on paper
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- Estimate
- €18,000–€24,000 hammer ≈ $19,089–$25,452
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Post-War and Contemporary Art, Amsterdam · 12 April 2017
- Dimensions
- 70 x 100cm
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3945913
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Sigmar Polke, Leise rieselt der Schnee... es fehlt ein bisschen Ehrgeist (Slowly Falls the Snow... It Lacks a Little Ambition). Christie's, 12 Apr 2017, lot 133. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3945913.
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Sigmar Polke, Leise rieselt der Schnee... es fehlt ein bisschen Ehrgeist (Slowly Falls the Snow... It Lacks a Little Ambition). Christie's, 12 Apr 2017, lot 133. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3945913.
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From the same sale Post-War and Contemporary Art · Apr 2017
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The River Below, Evening III | Jan Andriesse (b. 1950) | €2,000–€3,000 | |
| Lumière no.1 (Light No.1) | Jean-marc Bustamante | €8,000–€12,000 | |
| Blauwgang-groen (Blue Passage-Green) | Bram Bogart | — | upcoming |
| Kopf IV (Head IV) | Joannis Avramidis | — | upcoming |
| Untitled | Maryan | €4,000–€6,000 | |
| Untitled | Peter Schuyff | €5,000–€7,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigmar Polke | Untitled (Deutsche Dokumente) | $34,289 | Lempertz, May 2025 | |
| Sigmar Polke | Untitled | Lempertz, Dec 2023 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | Leiko Ikemura: Sleeping Head (S-09-03) | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG, Nov 2023 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | Sigmar Polke: Freundinnen I | VAN HAM Kunstauktionen GmbH Co. KG, Nov 2024 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | Freundinnen I | Lempertz, Dec 2021 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | untitled | Sotheby's, Jun 2019 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | Sauberes Auto - Gute Laune (Clean Car - Good Mood) | Rago, May 2021 | ||
| Sigmar Polke | farbprobe zu zeitgeist "die schere" | Sotheby's, Feb 2010 |
The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.