Bernd and Hilla Becher
Hilla Becher
Bernd Becher - Fördertürme (Shaft towers) - image-1

Lot 515 D

Bernd and Hilla Becher Hilla Becher Bernd Becher - Fördertürme (Shaft towers)

Auction 998 - overview Cologne
23.05.2012, 11:00 - Contemporary Art
Estimate: 3.000 € - 4.000 €
Result: 7.930 € (incl. premium)

Ferrotyped vintage gelatin silver print on Agfa paper 23.8 x 28.1 cm. Annotated in pencil and blue ballpoint pen on the verso. Mounted to cardboard 30.6 x 33,5 cm, theron signed in blue ballpoint pen by both artists below the image at right. - Framed under glass.

Provenance

from the artists to the present owner

This print was the setting copy for the illustration shown in the publication mentioned below.

Literature

Bernd und Hilla Becher. Vergleiche technischer Konstruktionen, exhib.cat. Gegenverkehr e.V. Zentrum für aktuelle Kunst Aachen, Aachen 1971, n.pag. with ill.