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Bernd and Hilla  Becher:   Wassertürme (Water Towers)
 
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Description
Title: Wassertürme (Water Towers)
Style: Contemporary (ca. 1945-present)
Medium: Photographs, Digital Print
Year: 2007
Size: height - 35.43 in, width - 44.09 in, depth - 0 in
Markings: signed, inscribed, Signed and numbered on verso
Edition: of 40
Foundry/Publisher: Edition Schellmann
Estimate: from $4,500 to $6,500

Seller's Description:
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Wassertürme (Water Towers), 2007
Digital Print
35.43 x 44.09 in
90 x 112 cm

Bernd, born 1931, and Hilla Becher, born 1934, were an influential German photographer couple. Both Bernd and Hilla studied at the Düsseldorfer Kunstakademie and the couple was married in 1961. The Bechers are best known for their photographs of German industrial architecture. Bernd died in 2007.

Edition of 40. Signed and numbered on verso. Digital pigment print (Ditone) on photo paper. Mint condition
  • Condition Report
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      Shipping Weight: 9 lbs
      Framing: No
      Item Location: Switzerland
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    Krefeldn Hafen, 1979
    gelatin silver print
    29.8 in. x 36.1 in. / 75.6 cm. x 91.8 cm.
    Signed, Inscribed

    ed.ed.5

    Sold for US $18,781

    Phillips de Pury & Company London:
    Saturday, October 17, 2009, (Lot 00286)
    Contemporary Art Day Sale

  • Bernd and Hilla Becher
    Gasbehälter, Grube Anna bei Aachen, 1965
    gelatin silver print, mntd
    11.9 in. x 15.7 in. / 30.3 cm. x 40.0 cm.
    Signed

    Sold for US $9,052

    Lempertz:
    Thursday, May 28, 2009, (Lot 00313)
    Zeitgenössische Kunst und Photographie

  • Bernd and Hilla Becher
    Stone breaker, for gravel, Günzburg, Germany, 1989
    gelatin silver print
    19.6 in. x 23.6 in. / 49.8 cm. x 60.0 cm.
    Signed, Inscribed

    ed.1/5

    Sold for US $12,500

    Christie's New York:
    Tuesday, March 31, 2009, (Lot 00075)
    Photographs

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