Cooling Towers/Steel-Wood
1972
Bernd and Hilla Becher
Artist, German, 1934 - 2015
Artist, German, 1931 - 2007
Artwork overview
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Medium
2 gelatin silver prints mounted on paperboard
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (left sheet): 24.1 x 24.1 cm (9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)
overall (right sheet): 24.1 x 20.6 cm (9 1/2 x 8 1/8 in.)
overall (mount): 27 x 54 cm (10 5/8 x 21 1/4 in.) -
Accession Number
1994.17.2
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New York; gift to NGA, 1994.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1994
From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 15.
1997
From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (formerly Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery), University of Texas, Austin, 1997.
From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), Portland (Oregon) Art Museum, 1997.
1998
From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku, Finland, 1998..
From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection (NGA National Lending Service Exhibition), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1998.
Bibliography
1994
From Minimal to Conceptual Art: Works from The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 15.
Inscriptions
lower left in graphite: COOLING-TOWERS / STEEL-WOOD; lower right in graphite: For the Vogels / From the Bechers
Wikidata ID
Q64145246