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BERND AND HILLA BECHER | Cooling Tower, Lübeck-Herrenwyk & Cooling Tower, Geleen, Limburg, NL (Two Works)

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15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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描述

  • Bernd and Hilla Becher
  • Cooling Tower, Lübeck-Herrenwyk & Cooling Tower, Geleen, Limburg, NL (Two Works)
  • i. signed, titled, dated 1983 and numbered 1/5 on the reverseii. signed, titled, dated 1968 and numbered 1/5 on the reverse
  • gelatin silver print, in two parts
  • each: 62.4 by 50.5 cm. 20 5/8 by 19 7/8 in.
  • i. Executed in 1983, this work is number 1 from an edition of 5.ii. Executed in 1968, this work is number 1 from an edition of 5.

來源

Sprüth Magers, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner

出版

Armin Zweite, Ed., Bernd & Hilla Becher: Typologies, Cambridge 2004, n.p., no. 31, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)
Susanne Lange, Bernd and Hilla Becher: Life and Work, Cambridge and London 2007, p. 167, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is cooler and tends more towards grey scale in the original. Condition: i.This work is in very good condition. The sheet is held in all four corners with photo pockets. ii. This work is in very good condition. The sheet is held in all four corners with photo pockets. Extremely close inspection out of its frame reveals three minute dog ears, one to each lower corner tip and one to the upper left hand corner tip
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