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Cooling Towers [Kühlturme]
Details
BERND AND HILLA BECHER (1931–2007 and 1934–2015)
Cooling Towers [Kühlturme]
each signed 'Bernd Becher Hilla Becher', one inscribed ’16A’ and the other 16B in pencil (on the reverse); signed again and dated 'Bernd Becher Hilla Becher 73' in pencil (lower right, mount), titled 'KÜHLTÜRME' (lower center, mount); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
two ferrotyped gelatin silver prints, mounted on artist’s board
each sheet: 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm.)
mount: 33 7⁄8 x 25 ½ in. (86 x 64.7 cm.)
overall framed: 27 7⁄8 x 36 ½ x 1 ½ in. (70.8 x 92.7 x 3.8 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
Cooling Towers [Kühlturme]
each signed 'Bernd Becher Hilla Becher', one inscribed ’16A’ and the other 16B in pencil (on the reverse); signed again and dated 'Bernd Becher Hilla Becher 73' in pencil (lower right, mount), titled 'KÜHLTÜRME' (lower center, mount); credited, titled and dated on affixed gallery label (frame backing board)
two ferrotyped gelatin silver prints, mounted on artist’s board
each sheet: 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm.)
mount: 33 7⁄8 x 25 ½ in. (86 x 64.7 cm.)
overall framed: 27 7⁄8 x 36 ½ x 1 ½ in. (70.8 x 92.7 x 3.8 cm.)
Executed in 1973.
Provenance
Galleria Forma, Genova
André Simoens Gallery, Belgium
Acquired from the above by the present owner
André Simoens Gallery, Belgium
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
A. Zweite, Bernd and Hilla Becher: Typologies, Cambridge, 2004, pp. 20 and 30 (other examples illustrated).
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