4 silver prints, printed 1978. Chaque tirage signé et numéroté Becher 11/50 à l'encre par Bernd Becher dans la marge inférieure à droite. Au verso, trois tirages avec le tampon 'Copyright by Bernhard und Hilla Becher 4 Düsseldorf/ Wittlaer Am Mühlenkamp 16'. Montés individuellement sous passe-partout.

Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen Düsseldorf
Collection privée allemande

All four prints in very good condition. With few soft handling folds and two prints with a light handling crease (approx 1,5 cm) in the lower right area of the print only visible in raking light. Light surface dirt mainly in the margins away from the image. Each sheet fixed to the mount on the verso along the upper edge with a strip of archival tape. One print with a strip of brown paper tape along the edges away from the image. Please note that the prints were executed in 1971 and not in 1978 as indicated in the catalogue.
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Cette série des châteaux d'eau à été conçu pour une édition du Kunstverein de Düsseldorf, en 1978, dans un tirage de 50 exemplaires. Les épreuves ont été tirés par les artistes eux-mêmes.