Bernd & Hilla Becher (b. 1931 & b. 1934)

Tableau de neuf tirages argentiques d'époque. Chaque tirage fixé avec des coins transparents sur un support carton fort. Avec une étiquette papier portant le titre imprimé de chaque photographie fixée en bas du carton. Encadré dans le cadre original.



Nine vintage silver prints, arranged in a grid on board. A paper label bearing the printed title of each photograph is mounted below the images on the card. Framed in original artists' frame.

cf. Bernd et Hilla Becher, Mineheads, Cambridge, Mass., The MIT Press, 1977.

9 gelatin silver prints on thin Agfa paper, glossy surface. In very good ngeneral condition. The prints are mounted to a strong cardboard by photo-corners. Every print is signed by Bernd Becher ('Bernhard Becher') and by Hilla Becher in pencil on the reverse and bears a number ( 1 to 9) in pencil at the lower left on the reverse. The photo-corners seem to be new, the prints have apparently been re-mounted recently. The upper left print has two small parallel creases in the upper right corner. The prints are very slightly yellowed. The upper corners of the prints in the middle row show no yellowing in the corners due to protecion by the photo-corners. Almost all prints have very light folds in the corners due to the mounting.The card upon which the prints are mounted has yellowed. The reverse of the frame bears a label of Nigel Greenwood Inc. Ltd. Provenance: Nigel Greenwood Inc. Ltd., London; private European collection.
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