1993.209.2: Gas Holder, Power Station, Essen-Karnap, Ruhr District, from the portfolio "Industrial Buildings"

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1993.209.2

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

Gas Holder, Power Station, Essen-Karnap, Ruhr District, from the portfolio "Industrial Buildings"

Other Titles

Series/Book Title: Industrial Buildings

Classification

Photographs

Work Type

photograph

Date

1975

Culture

German

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/220263

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gelatin silver printed mounted to paperboard

Technique

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

sheet: 40 x 30.4 cm (15 3/4 x 11 15/16 in.)
mount: 50 x 40.5 cm (19 11/16 x 15 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: on verso in graphite at l.c.: Berhard Becher, Hilla Becher
• stamp: l.c. verso, black ink, German: Hilla u. Bernd Becher INDUSTRIEBAUTEN
  Nr. 29/50 ['29' by hand in graphite]
  © by Schirmer/Mosel, München und den Autoren 1975

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Gift of Arend and Brigitte Oetker

Copyright

© Estate Bernd & Hilla Becher, represented by Max Becher, 2020

Accession Year

1993

Object Number

1993.209.2

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Contact

am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

photographs in unprinted box

Related Works

• 1993.209

  Bernd and Hilla Becher

  Industrial Buildings

  Photographs

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