Gasbehalter Kugel (Spherical Gas Tanks)

2013

Bernd (Bernhard) Becher, Artist Hilla Becher, Artist

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The subject of industrial architecture inspired the work of husband and wife artists Bernd and Hilla Becher. Their goal was to document structures that were disappearing in the West due to the slowdown of the manufacturing sector. The Becher’s photographed the same types of structures at different sites and established categories such as water towers, blast furnaces, and gas tanks, among others. They adhered to a strict formal aesthetic in each photograph; the subject is viewed from the front, photographed against a neutral gray sky with a consistent horizon line and similar vantage point. Multiple images were then presented in a serial format or grid. Together, the photographs reveal the distinct character of each architectural form. Although the artists reused images, each grid or typology was made unique through their combination and sequence of the photographs. Hilla Becher assembled this typology from their archive and especially for the DIA’s collection.
From Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 89 (2015)

Title Gasbehalter Kugel (Spherical Gas Tanks)

Artwork Date 2013

Makers Bernd (Bernhard) Becher (Artist) German,1931-2007 Hilla Becher (Artist) German, 1934-2015

Medium Gelatin silver prints

Dimensions Block: 68 1/8 × 56 3/4 inches (173 × 144.1 cm)

Classification Photographs

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Museum Purchase, W. Hawkins Ferry Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 2013.70

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2013-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Bernd (Bernhard) Becher; Hilla Becher, Gasbehalter Kugel (Spherical Gas Tanks), 2013, gelatin silver prints. Detroit Institute of Arts, Museum Purchase, W. Hawkins Ferry Fund, 2013.70.

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Framework Houses of the Siegen Industrial Region

Multiple makers

1977

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