Bernd & Hilla Becher / Anonyme Skulpturen. Eine Typologie Technischer Bauten

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Bernhard Becher (Siegen 1931 - Rostock 2007), Hilla Becher (Wobeser 1934 - Düsseldorf 2015)

Düsseldorf, Art-Press Verlag, [stampa: Michelpresse - Düsseldorf], 1970, 27,9 x 21,9 cm., editorial cloth binding, dust jacket, pp. [216], artist’s book with illustrated cover and 196 black and white photographic images of buildings and industrial structures in Great Britain, Wales, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Text in German, English and French. First edition. Special copy containing a dedicated and signed tissue insert by Bernhard Becher.

[Bibliography: Parr - Badger 2008, volume II, pag. 266; Roth 2004: pp. 258-259; Roth - AArons 2017: pag. 73].

Bernhard Becher (Siegen 1931 - Rostock 2007), Hilla Becher (Wobeser 1934 - Düsseldorf 2015)

Düsseldorf, Art-Press Verlag, [stampa: Michelpresse - Düsseldorf], 1970, 27,9 x 21,9 cm., editorial cloth binding, dust jacket, pp. [216], artist’s book with illustrated cover and 196 black and white photographic images of buildings and industrial structures in Great Britain, Wales, France, Belgium, Holland and Germany. Text in German, English and French. First edition. Special copy containing a dedicated and signed tissue insert by Bernhard Becher.

[Bibliography: Parr - Badger 2008, volume II, pag. 266; Roth 2004: pp. 258-259; Roth - AArons 2017: pag. 73].

“The title of this book «Anonyme Skulpturen», speaks of the Becher’s enormous success in the art world, where theoretical position and perceived ambition are often more important than the precise nature of the work itself. The word «sculpture» immediately raises expectations above and beyond the documentary photograph. The Becher’s initial project of recording industrial building types succeeds both as a document (of sculpture) and as art (as scultpure) in its own right.” (Martin Parr - Gerry Badger).