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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1993.208.2
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
Watertower
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Watertowers
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1969
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221077

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gelatin silver print
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
image: 26.5 x 20.8 cm (10 7/16 x 8 3/16 in.)
sheet: 30.1 x 24.3 cm (11 7/8 x 9 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in black ink at l.r.: Becher
  • inscription: l.r., black ink, in artist's hand: 28/50

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Purchase through the generosity of the Cultural Council in the Federation of German Industry
Copyright
© Estate Bernd & Hilla Becher, represented by Max Becher, 2020
Accession Year
1993
Object Number
1993.208.2
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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