Property from a Distinguished American Collection
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Framework Houses
Session begins in
November 19, 07:30 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Bid
90,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished American Collection
Bernd and Hilla Becher
1931 - 2007 and 1934 - 2015
Framework Houses
signed and sequentially numbered 1-9 and the first annotated with a sequence map in pencil (on the reverse of the mounts)
gelatin silver print, in 9 parts
each: 15 ⅞ by 12 ¼ in. 40.3 by 31.1 cm.
overall: 66 ¾ by 54 ¾ in. 169.5 by 139.1 cm.
Executed in 1960-71, printed later, this work is unique.
Sonnabend, New York
Acquired from the above in 1980 by the present owner
Bernd & Hilla Becher, Framework Houses of the Siegen Industrial Region, Cambridge, 2001, pp. 185, 190, 192, 194, 199, 201, and 204
The individual titles and dates are as follows:
1. Triftstrase 49, Buschergrund, 1960
2. Bachstrase 5, Niederfischbach, 1969
3. Fischbacherberstrase 9, Siegen, 1962
4. Eisernstrase 119, Eiserfeld, 1970
5. Eisernstrase 158, Eiserfeld, 1970
6. Lindenstrase 69, Eiserfeld, 1970
7. Freiengrunderstrase 4, Eiserfeld, 1962
8. Freiengrunderstrase 21, Eiserfeld, 1960
9. Frankfurter Strase 78, Siegen, 1971
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