Bernd and Hilla Becher (1931-2007, b. 1934)

Estimate

30,000 - 50,000 EUR

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Description

Bernd and Hilla Becher
Ensemble de sept photographies de séries différentes, 1959 - 68

Sept tirages argentiques d'époque. Titres individuels au crayon par B. Becher sur une feuille de papier d'époque ajouté aux tirages.

Provenance

Acquis directement auprès l𓆉es artistes fin des anné🍸es 1960

Literature

Hasselblad Foundation, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Basic Forms of Industrial Buildings, Munich, Schirmer/ Mosel, 2004, ill. p. 111 (Siegen, Hainer Hütte, 1961);
Susanne Lange, Was wir tun, ist letztlich Geschichten erzählen. Bernd und Hilla Becher. Einführung in Leben und Werk, Munich, Schirmer/ Mosel, 2005, ill. p. 161, pl. 44 (Harlingen, NL, 1963);
Karl Ruhrberg (éd.), Bernhard und Hilla Becher. Anonyme Skulpturen. Formvergleiche industrieller Bauten, Düsseldorf/ Städtische Kunsthalle, 1969, ill. no. 3 (Hagen-Hasper, D, 1968);
Ariane Grigoteit (éd.), Serien, Bernd & Hilla Becher, aus der Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Mainz, Verlag Hermann Schmidt 1998, ill. p. 6 (Rendorfstrasse 5, Salchendorf, D, 1959);
Wend Fischer, Industriebauten 1830 – 1930, Munich, Die neue Sammlung München, 1967, ill. no. 4 (Tyldesley/ Manchester, GB, 1966);
Karl Ruhrberg (éd.), Bernhard und Hilla Becher. Anonyme Skulpturen. Formvergleiche industrieller Bauten, Düsseldorf/ Städtische Kunsthalle, 1969, ill. no. 5 (Crosshills, Leeds, GB, 1966);
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (éd.), Bernd & Hilla Becher. Typologien industrieller Bauten, Munich, Schir✨mer/ Mosel, 2003, ill. p. 35 (Düsseldorf-Bilk𝓰, D, 1963).

Condition

In very good general condition. Very strong prints with glossy surfaces, printed on Agfa or stiff Agfa Brovira paper. A few prints with very few light handling creases or light folds at the edges.
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