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A black and white photolithograph of an industrial building and pipes.

The black and white photolithograph shows two buildings in an industrial area. On the left in the background is a building with an arched roofline and a light colored disc just below the apex of the arch. A raised metal structure crosses from the left across the front of the building. On the right is a large brick building with inset vertical sections outlined by brick columns. A series of pipes attached to a girder run from the left to the building, turns to the left and down before turning at ninety degrees to the left to run across the building to the corner.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.379
People
Bernd and Hilla Becher, German (active 1959 - 2007)
Bernd Becher, German (Siegen, Germany 1931 - 2007 Rostock, Germany)
Hilla Becher, German (Potsdam, Germany 1934 - 2015 Düsseldorf, Germany)
Title
Coal Mine, Westfalen, Hamm, Ruhr District, from the portfolio "Walls and Conduits"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Walls and Conduits
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1976 (printed 1991)
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221055

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Duotone offset photolithograph printed on coated white card
Technique
Duotone offset photolithograph
Dimensions
image: 40.2 x 30.4 cm (15 13/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
sheet: 63 x 50 cm (24 13/16 x 19 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on verso in graphite at l.c.: Hilla Becher / Bernhard Becher
  • inscription: on verso, at l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: VI
  • inscription: on verso, at l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: 29/100

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Copyright
© Estate Bernd & Hilla Becher, represented by Max Becher, 2020
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.379
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/23/2015 - 10/07/2015

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