1992.375: Coal Mine, Friederich der Grosse, Herne, Ruhr District, from the portfolio "Walls and Conduits"
PrintsThe black and white photolithograph shows two industrial buildings. On the left is a section of a brick building with boarded up windows, the roofline angles down to the right. A large arched window on the right is partially obscured by a large vertical pipe that rises up to the second set of windows and turns in a ninety degree angle to the right and across the picture to the right. There is a large round valve handle near the base of the pipe. On the right side of the photograph is the front of a brick building with arched windows.
Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1992.375
- 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
- Coal Mine, Friederich der Grosse, Herne, Ruhr District, from the portfolio "Walls and Conduits"
- Other Titles
- Series/Book Title: Walls and Conduits
- Classification
- Prints
- Work Type
- Date
- 1978 (printed 1991)
- Culture
- German
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/221054
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Duotone offset photolithograph printed on coated white card
- Technique
- Duotone offset photolithograph
- Dimensions
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image: 40.2 x 30.4 cm (15 13/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
sheet: 63 x 50 cm (24 13/16 x 19 11/16 in.) - Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: on verso in graphite at l.c.: Hilla Becher / Bernhard Becher
- inscription: on verso, at l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: II
- inscription: on verso, at l.r., graphite, in artist's hand: 29/100
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
- Copyright
- © Estate Bernd & Hilla Becher, represented by Max Becher, 2020
- Accession Year
- 1992
- Object Number
- 1992.375
- Division
- Modern and Contemporary Art
- Contact
- am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Exhibition History
- 32Q: 1100 60’s Experiment, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/23/2015 - 10/07/2015
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Verification Level
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