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Bernd & Hilla Becher

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Description

  • Bernd and Hilla Becher
  • Fördertürme
  • gelatin silver print, in 12 parts
  • Each: 15 3/4 by 11 3/8 in. 40 by 30 cm.
  • Overall: 82 1/4 by 71 1/4 in. 209 by 181 cm.

Provenance

Galerie Andre Simoens, Knokke
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

XLIV Esposizione Internationale d'Arte: La Biennale di Venezia; Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein; Cambridge, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Bernd & Hilla Becher: Tipologie, Typologien, Typologies, May 1990 - May 1991

Literature

Bernd & Hilla Becher, Typologien, Munich, 1990, n. p., illustrated
Armin Zweite, Bernd & Hilla Becher: Typologies, Cambridge, 2004, no. 56, illustrated

Catalogue Note

From left to right; top to bottom:

I.     Siège Cheratte, Puits no. 3, Liège
II.    Fosse Grenay no. 1, Bully-les-Mines, Nord
III.   Fosse Vicoigne no. 3, Valenciennes, Nord
IV.   Siège Josè, Herve
V.    Siège Micheroux, Liège
VI.   Fosse Dutemple, Valenciennes, Nord
VII.  Siège Colard, Liège-Seraing
VIII. Charbonnage Monceau Fontaine, Charleroi
IX.    Morton Colliery, Derbyshire
X.     Siège Cuvelette, Merlebach, Lorraine
XI.   Bold Colliery, St. Helens, Lancashire
XII.  Fosse Grenay no. 11, Grenay, Nord