ID 1059308
Lot 364 | BERND AND HILLA BECHER (1931–2007 and 1934–2015)
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
Cooling Towers [Kühlturme]
each signed 'Bernd Becher Hilla Becher', one inscribed ’16A’ and the other 16B in pencil (on the reverse); signed again and dated 'Bernd Becher Hilla Becher 73' in pencil (lower right, mount), titled 'KÜHLTÜRME' (lower center, mount); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
two ferrotyped gelatin silver prints, mounted on artist’s board
each sheet: 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm.)
mount: 33 7⁄8 x 25 ½ in. (86 x 64.7 cm.)
overall framed: 27 7⁄8 x 36 ½ x 1 ½ in. (70.8 x 92.7 x 3.8 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
Provenance
Galleria Forma, Genova
André Simoens Gallery, Belgium
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
A. Zweite, Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies, Cambridge, 2004, pp. 20 and 30 (other examples illustrated).
| Artist: | Bernd and Hilla Becher |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Artist: | Bernd and Hilla Becher |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
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