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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.356
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
5 Views of a Limestone Silo in Duisburg-Ruhrort
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 5 Ansichten eines Kalksilos in Duisburg-Ruhrort
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1972
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/220973

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Offset photolithograph printed in black ink on 5 sheets of coated white wove paper, hinged with paper tape, folded
Technique
Photolithograph
Dimensions
each sheet: 51 × 175.7 cm (20 1/16 × 69 3/16 in.)
each image: 40 × 30.1 cm (15 3/4 × 11 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: in graphite at l.r. of first image: Bernhard Becher Hilla Becher
  • inscription: on verso of first panel at center, black ink, letterpress, German: 5 Ansichten eines Kalksilos in Duisburg-Ruhrort

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Hugo Reisinger Bequest Fund
Copyright
© Estate Bernd & Hilla Becher, represented by Max Becher, 2020
Accession Year
1992
Object Number
1992.356
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
Permissions

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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

Verification Level

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