Chocolate Painting (Schokoladenbild) 1964

"Chocolate Painting (Schokoladenbild)" (1964) by German artist Sigmar Polke is a Pop Art painting that utilizes the everyday object of a chocolate bar and its wrapper as its subject matter. It depicts a chocolate bar that is partially unwrapped, with the wrapper lying off to the side, against a background of black and white vertical stripes. The flat, graphic style, with its simple forms and vibrant colors, is characteristic of Polke's work, and his interest in consumer culture is evident in the choice of subject matter.