Getreidesilos [Grain Silos]
  • editioned print
  • cloth boards with dust jacket
  • sewn bound
  • slipcase
  • duotone
  • 29 x 23 cm. ; loose photograph 24 x 18 cm.
  • 256 pp. + [1] pp. loose photograph
  • edition size 100
  • signed and numbered
  • ISBN 9783829602563

Getreidesilos [Grain Silos]

[Limited Edition]

Bernd & Hilla Becher

Getreidesilos [Grain Silos] Getreidesilos [Grain Silos]

description

Slipcased artist''s book by Bernd & Hilla Becher featuring "their foray into the world of food production focuses on grain elevators, invented for efficient loading and unloading of grain and its safe storage: cool, dry, free of pests. Mostly abandoned today, the monolithic structures towering in the flat landscapes of the world''s granaries are monuments of a bygone era." -- publisher''s statement. Introduction by Bernd & Hilla Becher. Includes loose, 9 1/2 x 7 inch, black-and-white (silver gelatin) photograph, "Sycamore, Ohio, USA," 1987, printed in 2008, signed and numbered by Hilla Becher housed within a second slipcase. Texts in German.

München, Germany: Schirmer / Mosel,
Permalink
$88.41
Condition:  New
$87.49
Condition:  Used