Bernd and Hilla Becher - Modern and Contemporary Editions New York Sunday, November 23, 2008 | Phillips

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  • Artist Biography

    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.

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5 Ansichten eines Kalksilos in Duisburg-Ruhrort Suite

1974
The complete set of five offset lithographs, on smooth wove paper, all with full margins,
all I. 15 3/4 x 11 7/8 in. (40 x 30.2 cm)
all S. 20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm)

one signed and numbered 15/85 in pencil, published by the artists, occasional soft creasing in the margins, time staining, otherwise all in good condition, all unframed.

Estimate
$1,500 - 2,500 

Sold for $2,000

Modern and Contemporary Editions

23 Nov 2008, 2pm
New York