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Description: B. 1931 & B. 1934
(I) ESSEN -LEYTHE
(II) ZECHE NEU - ISERLOHN, BOCHUM - WERNE
(III) CONSTANTIN 1, BOCHUM
(IV) COOLING TOWER, PONTYPOOL, SOUTH WALES
(V) IRON WORKS
(VI) FINCHLEY, LONDON
(VII) WINDING TOWERS, FIFTEEN CONTACT PRINTS
(VIII) FRAMEWORK HOUSES IN THE SIEGEN AREA, TWENTY-FOUR CONTACT PRINTS
(IX) WATER TOWERS, FIFTEEN CONTACT PRINTS

(I) ESSEN -LEYTHE
(II) ZECHE NEU - ISERLOHN, BOCHUM - WERNE
(III) CONSTANTIN 1, BOCHUM
(IV) COOLING TOWER, PONTYPOOL, SOUTH WALES
(V) IRON WORKS
(VI) FINCHLEY, LONDON
(VII) WINDING TOWERS, FIFTEEN CONTACT PRINTS
(VIII) FRAMEWORK HOUSES IN THE SIEGEN AREA, TWENTY-FOUR CONTACT PRINTS
(IX) WATER TOWERS, FIFTEEN CONTACT PRINTS

measurements
(i)-(iii) 40 by 30cm.; 15 3/4 by 11 3/4 in.; (iv)-(vi) 30 by 40cm.; 11 3/4 by 15 3/4 in.

alternate measurements
(vii)-(ix) overall: 30 by 42cm.; 12 by 16 1/2 in.

each: gelatin silver print

(i), (iii) Executed in 1965.
(ii) Executed in 1964.
(iv) Executed in 1966.
(v) Executed circa 1964.

(vi) Executed in 1966.
(vii) Executed in 1962-1966.
(viii) Executed in 1961-1966.
(ix) Executed in 1963-1966.

EXHIBITED

(i), (ii), (vi) Munich, Die Neue Sammlung, Industriebauten 1830-1930: Eine fotografische Dokumentation von Bernd und Hilla Becher, 1967, illustrated

LITERATURE

(iii), (iv), (vi) Bernd & Hilla Becher and Klaus Bußmann, Bernd & Hilla Becher Typologies, Venice 1990, illustrated
(vi) Schirmer-Mosel, Ed., Bernd und Hilla Becher: Gasbehälter, Munich 1993, illustration of (vi) on the cover

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