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Bernd and Hilla Becher
Lime Kilns
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- £60,000 - 80,000‡♠
£50,800
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gelatin silver print, in 12 parts
signed and titled 'LIME KILNS Bernhard Becher Hilla Becher' on a label affixed to the backing board of the first part; signed 'Bernhard Becher Hilla Becher' on the reverse of the first part; numbered on the reverse of each part
each image 40.6 x 31.6 cm (15 7/8 x 12 1/2 in.)
each frame 56.4 x 46.4 cm (22 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.)
overall 172.2 x 190.1 cm (67 3/4 x 74 7/8 in.)
each frame 56.4 x 46.4 cm (22 1/4 x 18 1/4 in.)
overall 172.2 x 190.1 cm (67 3/4 x 74 7/8 in.)
Photographed in 1963-1997 and printed in 2003, in Germany.
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Bernd and Hilla Becher
GermanHusband 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.
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