A black and white photolithograph of an industrial building and pipes.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

The black and white photolithograph shows a brick and stucco building with a round window below the pitched roofline and a bricked up arch immediately below. In front of the building are a series of large light colored pipes which run across the building horizontally. To the right of the building are a series of pipes which are vertical and rise up before angling to the left. In the upper right of the image is a square structure with a door on the right side. A smoke stack rises next to it on the right.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1992.374
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 Mine, Ewald, Recklinghausen, Ruhr District, from the portfolio "Walls and Conduits"
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Walls and Conduits
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1982 (printed 1991)
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221075

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Duotone offset photolithograph printed on coated white card
Technique
Duotone offset photolithograph
Dimensions
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
  • Signed: on verso in graphite at l.c.: Hilla Becher / Bernhard Becher
  • inscription: on verso, at l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: I
  • 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
1992.374
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 1100, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 04/23/2015 - 10/07/2015

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