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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1993.210
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 Tipple, Goodspring, Pennsylvania
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Coal Tipple, Goodspring, Pennsylvania
Classification
Photographs
Work Type
photograph
Date
1975
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/187717

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Series of four gelatin silver prints mounted to board
Technique
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
sight: 28.2 x 37.9 cm
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: on mount, at l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: Coal Tipple Goodspring Pa.
  • inscription: on mount, at l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: 57/60

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
1993.210
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • HAA178m Cold War Photography (S427) Spring 2012, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 05/12/2012

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