? (1926) Bernhard

Lot 531: Bernd and Hilla Becher (b. 1931 & 1934)

Name: Bernd and Hilla Becher (b. 1931 & 1934)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: v2af90u06d

Est: $18,000 USD - $22,000 USD

Christie'sNew York, NY, USNovember 16, 2006

Item Overview

Description

Pittsburgh
signed, titled and dated 'Pittsburgh 1968 Bernhard Becher Hilla Becher' (lower edge of the mount)
two gelatin silver prints mounted on board
upper print:10 3/8 x 15 3/4 in. (26.4 x 40 cm.)
lower print: 11 3/4 x 15 3/4 in. (29.7 x 40 cm.)
overall: 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.8 cm.)
Executed in 1968.

Artist or Maker

? (1926) Bernhard

Exhibited

Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, The Charles H. Carpenter, Jr. Collection: Fifty Years of Supporting the New, September-December 2002.

Literature

C. Carpenter, Jr., Charles H. Carpenter Jr.:The Odyssey of a Collector, exh. cat., Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, p. 156 (illustrated).

Provenance

Sonnabend Gallery, New York

Notes

Property from the Estate of Charles H. Carpenter, Jr.

Auction Details

Post War and Contemporary Art Afternoon Session

Christie's

November 16, 2006, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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