Bernd and Hilla Becher Winding Towers 1996 Six gelatin silver prints. 15 7/8 x 12 1/4 in. (40.3 x 31.1 cm) each. Signed and titled with orientation map "WINDING TOWERS 1-6 R Bernd Becher Hilla Becher" on the reverse of the first work and sequentially numbered "2-6" on the reverse of the remaining five works. This work is a unique configuration.
Provenance Pace Wildenstein MacGill, New York 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
Bernd and Hilla Becher Winding Towers 1996 Six gelatin silver prints. 15 7/8 x 12 1/4 in. (40.3 x 31.1 cm) each. Signed and titled with orientation map "WINDING TOWERS 1-6 R Bernd Becher Hilla Becher" on the reverse of the first work and sequentially numbered "2-6" on the reverse of the remaining five works. This work is a unique configuration.
Provenance Pace Wildenstein MacGill, New York 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
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