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1970

  • Work on this object began.

1999

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

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Poster, Publication Poster for Bernd und Hilla Becher, Anonyme Skulpturen, Eine Typologie Technischer Bauten [Anonymous Sculpture, A Typology for Industrial Buildings]

This is a Poster. It is dated 1970 and we acquired it in 1999. Its medium is offset photolithograph. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Funds.

Its dimensions are

81.6 x 58.4 cm (32 1/8 x 23 in. )

It is inscribed

Imprinted in black, top center: "In Kürze erscheint/ Bernd und Hilla Becher: ANONYME SKULTUREN/ Eine Typologie technischen Bauten/ 200 ganzseitige Abbildungen. Format 22 x 28 cm, Preis DM 48.-/ ART-PRESS-Verlag Düsseldorf/ Alleinauslieferung:/ Buchhandlung Walther König/ 5 Köln/ Breite Straße 93"

Cite this object as

Poster, Publication Poster for Bernd und Hilla Becher, Anonyme Skulpturen, Eine Typologie Technischer Bauten [Anonymous Sculpture, A Typology for Industrial Buildings]; offset photolithograph; 81.6 x 58.4 cm (32 1/8 x 23 in. ); Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment and Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Funds; 1999-45-7

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