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 wall of a brick and stucco building with pipe emerging from and across a portion of the wall. The wall on the left is brick with a large grate to the right that is slightly inset. Along the top there is a section of small square tiles, above are two arched windows outlined in brick. There is a shallow l-shape next to the grate where the corner juts out. Around and across the l-shape are a series of dark pipes with ninety-degree angles that wrap around the corner or run across the picture to the right side.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.381
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, Waltrop, Waltrop, Ruhr District, from the portfolio "Walls and Conduits"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Walls and Conduits
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1982 (printed 1991)
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221076

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: VIII
  • 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
1992.381
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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