1992.356: 5 Views of a Limestone Silo in Duisburg-Ruhrort
Prints
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1992.356
- People
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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
- 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
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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
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- 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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