File:Watchtower, 1984, Sigmar Polke at MoMA 2022.jpg

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Description	Picture of Sigmar Polke's painting Watchtower (1984) at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, in 2022. A large dark painting of a watchtower, rendered as if seen through several layers of fog and patterned canvas. The outline of the watchtower is traced in a sprayed-on white paint.
Author or copyright owner	Original work: Sigmar Polke Depiction: 19h00s
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	Own work
Date of publication	Original work: 1984 Depiction: 6 July 2022
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Sigmar Polke
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s): Key example of the artist's dream paintings from the 1980s, for critical analysis of the artist's style
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	Any derivative work based upon the artwork would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Single usage, low resolution
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	The use of a low resolution image of the artwork will not impact the commercial viability of the art.
Other information	Original work: Sigmar Polke Watchtower, 1984, Acrylic paints and dry pigment on patterned fabric, 9 ft 10 in. x 7 ft 4 1/2 in. (300 x 224.8 cm), Museum of Modern Art, New York, Fractional and promised gift of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder, Object number: 230.1991^[1] Depiction: The author of the image has released the photographic work under a free license, or it is in the public domain: This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Attribution: 19h00s
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^ "Watchtower". MoMA. Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

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[1] "Watchtower". MoMA. Museum of Modern Art. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.

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