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PROPERTY FROM THE VANTHOURNOUT COLLECTION

B. 1931 & B. 1934
FÖRDERTÜRME

FÖRDERTÜRME

measurements
each: 15 3/4 by 11 3/8 in. 40 by 30 cm.

alternate measurements
overall: 82 1/4 by 71 1/4 in. 209 by 181 cm.

gelatin silver print, in 12 parts

(I) & (IV) Executed in 1970; (II), (III), (VI), (VIII) & (XII) Executed in 1967; (V) Executed in 1971; (VII) Executed in 1979; (IX) Executed in 1974; (X) Executed in 1978; (XI) Executed in 1966.

PROVENANCE

Galerie Andre Simoens, Knokke
Acquired by the present owner from the above

EXHIBITED

XLIV Esposizione Internationale d'Arte: La Biennale di Venezia; Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein; Cambridge, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University; Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Bernd & Hilla Becher: Tipologie, Typologien, Typologies, May 1990 - May 1991

LITERATURE

Bernd & Hilla Becher, Typologien, Munich, 1990, n. p., illustrated
Armin Zweite, Bernd & Hilla Becher: Typologies, Cambridge, 2004, no. 56, illustrated

NOTE

From left to right; top to bottom:

I. Siège Cheratte, Puits no. 3, Liège
II. Fosse Grenay no. 1, Bully-les-Mines, Nord
III. Fosse Vicoigne no. 3, Valenciennes, Nord
IV. Siège Josè, Herve
V. Siège Micheroux, Liège
VI. Fosse Dutemple, Valenciennes, Nord
VII. Siège Colard, Liège-Seraing
VIII. Charbonnage Monceau Fontaine, Charleroi
IX. Morton Colliery, Derbyshire
X. Siège Cuvelette, Merlebach, Lorraine
XI. Bold Colliery, St. Helens, Lancashire
XII. Fosse Grenay no. 11, Grenay, Nord