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Fördertürme England (English Mineheads) by 
																	Bernd and Hilla Becher

Bernd and Hilla Becher

( German, active since 1959)

Fördertürme England (English Mineheads)

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Materials:

gelatin silver print

Size Notes:

each

Edition:

unique

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Markings:

each inscribed 'FT10B' and numbered consecutively 1-15 (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Essen, Museum Folkwang, Bernd & Hilla Becher: Fördertürme, Chevalements, Mineheads, 1985 (the FT10A version exhibited, details illustrated, pp. 18, 21, 23, 25, 26 and 30-35). This exhibition later travelled to Paris, ARC, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris and Liège, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Liège.Dusseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Typologien industrieller Bauten, 2003 (the FT10A version exhibited, illustrated p. 49). This exhibition later travelled to Munich, HDK - Haus der Kunst, Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne Centre Pompidou and Berlin, Museum für Fotografie im Hamburger Bahnhof.Klosterneuburg, Essl Museum - Kunst der Gegenwart, Foto.Kunst, 2007, pp. 34 and 304 (illustrated, pp. 36-37; detail illustrated, p. 35).

Literature:

A. Zweite, Bernd & Hilla Becher: Typologies, Cambridge 2004, no. 56 (the FT10A version illustrated, p.49). S. Lange, Bernd and Hilla Becher: Life and Work, Cambridge 2007 (the FT10A version illustrated, p. 116).

Provenance:

Sonnabend Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above by the present owner in December 2002.

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