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Bernd and Hilla Becher
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description
- Bernd and Hilla Becher
- Aufbreitungsanlange für Kohle (Processing Plants for Coal), c. 1966-1971
- signed, titled, dated 1966-1971 and variously inscribed
- six gelatin silver prints and graphite on paper
- each print: 17.8 by 24.1cm.; 7 by 9 1/2 in.
- sheet: 83.2 by 72.8cm.; 32 3/4 by 28 5/8 in.
Six vintage silver prints mounted on original. Signed, titled, dated and numbered sequentially in pencil in the lower margin on the card. Each print signed by Bernd and Hilla Becher in pencil and numbered sequentially on the verso. Mounted Framed.
Provenance
Sprüth Magers Lee, London
Private Collection
Christie's New York, Post War and Contemporary Art, 16 November 2006, Lot 516
CRG Gallery, New York
Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York
The Sender Collection, New York
Private Collection
Christie's New York, Post War and Contemporary Art, 16 November 2006, Lot 516
CRG Gallery, New York
Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York
The Sender Collection, New York
Literature
Armin Zweite, Ed., Bernd and Hilla Becher, Cambridge 2004, ill. pl. 70, partially illustrated.
Condition
These prints are overall in very good to excellent condition. Four prints with very few and slightly yellowed retouching dots.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
“We undertook this work for the sheer visual pleasure we knew it would bring us, pleasure from remarkable shapes, which might be generally considered to be beautiful or ugly, but which existed primarily and originally for nonaesthetic, nonvisual reasons.” (Hilla Becher quoted in: Susanne Lange, Bernd and Hilla Becher: Life and Work, London 2007, p. 184.)