BECHER, Bernhard [Bernd] & Hilla.
Anonyme Skulpturen: A Typology of Technical Constructions.
First edition of the Bechers’ first major book; Signed by Both Bernd and Hilla Becher
Dusseldorf: Art Press, 1970.
$6,000.00
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Item Number: RRB-317
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First edition of the Becher's first major photobook with 194 black-and-white photogravure plates. Quarto, original blue cloth. Signed by both Bernd and Hilla Becher on the front free endpaper. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. Housed in a custom clamshell box. Text in German, English, and French. An exceptional example.
"The Bechers’ first major book, Anonyme Skulpturen has had an enormous impact For those who are more interested in the Bechers as artists than as industrial archaeologists, this is the one to have on one’s shelf" (Parr & Badger II:266). "The serial nature of the Bechers’ process rhymes with their mass-produced subjects so that method and subject are splendidly reciprocal, a meditation on identity and difference. The year this book appeared, the Bechers’ work was included in the influential Information show curated by Kynaston McShine at the Museum of Modern Art" (Roth, 194).
Anonyme Skulpturen: A Typology of Technical Constructions.
$6,000.00
Out of Stock