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Bernd and Hilla Becher Water Towers H i) signed, titled and dated "WATER TOWERS H 1988 Bernhard Becher Hilla Becher" and inscribed with a diagram on the reverse i) - ix) each numbered consecutively on the reverse vintage gelatin silver prints, in 9 parts i) - viii) 16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm.) ix) 16 x 11 1/4 in. (40.6 x 28.6 cm.) Executed in 1988. This work is recorded with the inventory number BHB-00090 (9) by Sonnabend Gallery, New York.
Provenance Sonnabend Gallery, New York Thea Westreich Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 2001 Catalogue Essay “One just has to select the right objects and fit them into the picture precisely, then they tell their own story all by themselves.” Bernd and Hilla Becher Read More Artist Bio Bernd and Hilla Becher German • Bernd 1931-2007 - Hilla 1934-2015 Husband and wife Bernd and Hilla Becher began photographing buildings and relics of the Industrial Revolution, such as coal mines and cooling towers, in 1959. Like objective scientists removing a specimen from the field, the Bechers framed their subject in a manner that isolated it from its environment. Often, these stark, beautifully detailed prints were then displayed in grid-like structures, forming stunning 'Typologies'. By the time Bernd Becher became a professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in 1976 (policy would not allow Hilla to be a simultaneous appointment), the Bechers' photographs, with their seemingly neutral point of view and serial display, were already being applauded by the international art world as important works of Minimal and Conceptual Art. View More Works