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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1996.313
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
Industrial Buildings
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Industrial Buildings
Original Language Title: Industriebauten
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
portfolio
Date
1968
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/218584

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Portfolio of ten gelatin silver prints, boxed, information leaflet
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
cover: 21 x 17.4 x 2.3 cm (8 1/4 x 6 7/8 x 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite on page 2 of text insert: Berhnard Becher Hilla Becher
  • inscription: Information leaflet in box signed in graphite by both artists

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, American Friends of the Busch-Reisinger Museum Fund
Copyright
© Estate Bernd & Hilla Becher, represented by Max Becher, 2020
Accession Year
1996
Object Number
1996.313
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • Landmark Pictures: Ed Ruscha/Andreas Gursky, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 01/08/2000 - 03/19/2000

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