A black and white photolithograph of an industrial building and pipes.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white photolithograph shows a section of a brick building with a section of a multi-paned window visible in the upper left corner. Two large pipes emerge from the right corner of the building and angle down to run across the picture to the right side, smaller pipes run across and up the building on the right. There are two large smoke stacks on the right side of the picture, a portion of a brick wall runs along the bottom of the picture plane from left to right.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.385
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, Diergardt, Rheinhausen, Ruhr District, from the portfolio "Walls and Conduits"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Walls and Conduits
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1964 (printed 1991)
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221064

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: XII
  • 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
1992.385
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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

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