![Sigmar Polke, Parfümbild (Perfume painting) [detail], 1969/71, lacquer on canvas, ca. 59 1/16 x 49 3/16“. Kunstmuseum Bonn. Inset: Andy Warhol, Self-Portrait, 1981-88, Polaroid photograph, 4 1/4 x 3 3/8”.](http://artforum.com/uploads/upload.000/id31502/coversmall_1064x.jpg)
January 1998 Vol. 36, No. 5
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In this issue
Jack Bankowsky on EDITOR'S LETTER
Frederic Tuten on Roy Lichtenstein
James Surowiecki on The Baffler
David Frankel on Harry Smith
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