Bernd and Hilla Becher (1931-2007, b. 1934)

Sept tirages argentiques d'époque. Titres individuels au crayon par B. Becher sur une feuille de papier d'époque ajouté aux tirages.

Acquis directement auprès les artistes fin des années 1960

Hasselblad Foundation, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Basic Forms of Industrial Buildings, Munich, Schirmer/ Mosel, 2004, ill. p. 111 (Siegen, Hainer Hütte, 1961);
Susanne Lange, Was wir tun, ist letztlich Geschichten erzählen. Bernd und Hilla Becher. Einführung in Leben und Werk, Munich, Schirmer/ Mosel, 2005, ill. p. 161, pl. 44 (Harlingen, NL, 1963);
Karl Ruhrberg (éd.), Bernhard und Hilla Becher. Anonyme Skulpturen. Formvergleiche industrieller Bauten, Düsseldorf/ Städtische Kunsthalle, 1969, ill. no. 3 (Hagen-Hasper, D, 1968);
Ariane Grigoteit (éd.), Serien, Bernd & Hilla Becher, aus der Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Mainz, Verlag Hermann Schmidt 1998, ill. p. 6 (Rendorfstrasse 5, Salchendorf, D, 1959);
Wend Fischer, Industriebauten 1830 – 1930, Munich, Die neue Sammlung München, 1967, ill. no. 4 (Tyldesley/ Manchester, GB, 1966);
Karl Ruhrberg (éd.), Bernhard und Hilla Becher. Anonyme Skulpturen. Formvergleiche industrieller Bauten, Düsseldorf/ Städtische Kunsthalle, 1969, ill. no. 5 (Crosshills, Leeds, GB, 1966);
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (éd.), Bernd & Hilla Becher. Typologien industrieller Bauten, Munich, Schirmer/ Mosel, 2003, ill. p. 35 (Düsseldorf-Bilk, D, 1963).

In very good general condition. Very strong prints with glossy surfaces, printed on Agfa or stiff Agfa Brovira paper. A few prints with very few light handling creases or light folds at the edges.
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Les titres donnés par B. Becher:
Hainer Hütte [Siegen, Hainer Hütte, 1961]
Kalkwerke Holland [Harlingen, NL, 1963]
Hagener Hütte [Hagen-Hasper, D, 1968]
Neunkirchen Haus an der Bahn [Rendorfstrasse 5, Salchendorf, D, 1959]
Kinderbett [Tyldesley/ Manchester, GB, 1966]
Crosshills [Crosshills, Leeds, GB, 1966]
Hamm Gaso [Düsseldorf-Bilk, D, 1963]

Nous remercions vivement Mme Hilla Becher pour ses remseignements précieux.