Bernd & Hilla Becher

Hochöfen
1982-88

10 Gelatin silver prints on cardboard mounted

Ten-part, each 40 × 30 cm | 15 3/4 × 11 3/4 in

On the verso des ersten Fotos signed "B.&H. Becher" and "Hot Blast Stoves" titled also with einer Anleitung zur Hängung inscribed; alle weiteren Werke je "1"-"10" numbered and titled

Hochöfen (Differdange, L; Neuves Maaison, F; Ilseder Hütte, West Deutschland; Duisburg-Meiderich, D; Duisburg-Meiderich, D; Stuebenville, Ohio; Marchienne/Charleroi, B; Ilseder Hütte/Hannover, D; Georgsmarienhütte, Osnabruck, D; Rombas, Lorraine, F)

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Provenance

Daniel Weinberg Gallery, San Francisco; Privatsammlung Minneapolis; Christie's, New York (19. Nov. 1997, Lot 350); Phillips, New York (13. Nov. 2001, Lot 206); Privatsammlung (2001-2022)

Literature

Galerie Ludorff, "Kunst im Rheinland", Düsseldorf 2023
Galerie Ludorff, "Neuerwerbungen Herbst 2023", Düsseldorf 2023

About Bernd & Hilla Becher

Hilla and Bernd Becher are the founders of the famous “Düsseldorfer Photoschule” to which numerous internationally successful photographers such as Axel Hütte, Andreas Gursky and Thomas Ruff belonged to.