Bernd and Hilla Becher
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October 9, 06:40 PM GMT
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50,000 - 70,000 USD
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45,000 USD
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Bernd and Hilla Becher
1931 - 2007 and 1934 - 2015
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6 ferrotyped gelatin silver prints, each with the Copyright by Bernhard Becher, Düsseldorf/Wittlaer Mühlenkamp 16 Tel. 401847 reproduction stamp, numbered in pencil on the reverse, tipped to a mount, together with 3 maquettes comprising a total of 54 gelatin silver contact prints, each mounted, framed
images to: 11 ⅞ by 15 ⅞ in. (30.2 by 40.3 cm.)
Executed in 1961-1966.
Sotheby's London, 22 June 2006, Sale 6023, lot 372
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Exh. Cat., Munich, Die Neue Sammlung, Industriebauten 1830-1930, March - April 1967, unpaginated (Water Tower, Essen-Leithe; Winding Tower, Neu-Iserlohn, Bochum-Werne; and Gas Tank, London, Finchley)
Bernd and Hilla Becher, Gasbehälter, Munich 1993, cover (Gas Tank, London, Finchley)
Individual titles and dates as follows, clockwise from the upper left:
Water Tower, Essen-Leithe, circa 1890, 1965
Winding Tower, Neu-Iserlohn, Bochum-Werne, 1895, 1963
Winding Tower, Constantin 1, Bochum, 1965
Cooling Tower, Pontypool, South Wales, 1966
Coal Mine, Bochum, circa 1964
Gas Tank, London, Finchley, circa 1890, 1966
Framework Houses in the Siegen Area, 1961-1966
Water Towers, 1963-1966
Winding Towers, 1962-1966
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