Artist Monograph

Bernd Becher, German

German, 1931–2007

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Production by Decade

1

1950s

4

1960s

9

1970s

3

1980s

1

1990s

Physical Scale

Scale bracket	Works	Share
Small (< 30 cm)	2	11.1%
Medium (30–100 cm)	13	72.2%
Large (1–3 m)	3	16.7%

Range: 16.2 cm → 207.3 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquired	Works
1970	1
1995	1
1996	1
1999	1
2008	10
2009	2
2010	1
2016	1

Currently On View

"MoMA, Floor 4, 412" — 1

German Contemporaries

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 18 shown

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Framework Houses Photograph Acc. 505.2009.a-u	1959-73	21 gelatin silver prints	each 16 1/4 × 12" (41.2 × 30.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Hilla Becher
Gas Tank Sphere Photograph Acc. 333.1999	1963	Gelatin silver print	7 11/16 × 6 1/8" (19.5 × 15.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Bequest of Ruth Vollmer
Water Towers Photograph Acc. 1158.2009.a-dd	1963-93	Thirty gelatin silver prints	Each: 16 3/4 × 14 5/8" (42.6 × 37.1 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Committee on Photography Fund
Fforchaman Colliery, Rhondda Valley, South Wales, United Kingdom Photograph Acc. 360.2008	1966	Gelatin silver print	18 1/8 × 23 1/16" (46 × 58.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Winding Towers Photograph Acc. 343.2010.a-i	1966-97	Nine gelatin silver prints	68 1/4 × 56 1/4" (173.4 × 142.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired in honor of Marie-Josée Kravis through the generosity of Robert B. Menschel
Anonymous Sculpture Photograph Acc. 387.1970.a-ff	1970	Gelatin silver prints	Overall 6' 11 5/8" × 6' 2 1/4" (207.3 × 188.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gertrud A. Mellon Fund
Knutange, Lorraine, France Photograph Acc. 361.2008	1971	Gelatin silver print	17 7/8 × 23 9/16" (45.4 × 59.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Cooling Towers Photograph Acc. 391.2016	1973	Gelatin silver print	25 9/16 × 34" (64.9 × 86.4 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Robert B. Menschel
Hannover Mine 1/2/5, Bochum-Hordel, Ruhr Region, Germany Photograph Acc. 362.2008	1973	Gelatin silver print	18 7/16 × 22 11/16" (46.9 × 57.6 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Coal Mine, Bear Valley, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States Photograph Acc. 363.2008	1974	Gelatin silver print	17 5/8 × 23 1/2" (44.7 × 59.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Consolidation Mine, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr Region, Germany Photograph Acc. 364.2008	1974	Gelatin silver print	18 1/4 × 23 7/16" (46.3 × 59.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Coal Tipple, Goodspring, Pennsylvania Photograph Acc. 153.2008	1975	Gelatin silver prints	9 7/16 × 13 5/16" (24 × 33.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Art & Project/Depot VBVR Gift
Industrial Façades Photograph Acc. 222.1995.a-u	1978-92	Gelatin silver prints	Each 12 3/16 × 15 15/16" (31 × 40.5 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Acquired through the Gerald S. Elliot Bequest
Terre Rouge, Esch-Alzette, Luxembourg Photograph Acc. 365.2008	1979	Gelatin silver print	17 1/4 × 23 5/8" (43.8 × 60 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Charette Works, Liège, Belgium Photograph Acc. 366.2008	1980	Gelatin silver print	17 11/16 × 19 9/16" (45 × 49.7 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Ensley, Alabama, United States Photograph Acc. 367.2008	1982	Gelatin silver print	17 11/16 × 23 9/16" (45 × 59.8 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel
Water Towers Photograph Acc. 254.1996.a-i	1988	Gelatin silver prints	67 11/16 × 55 1/8" (172 × 140cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Gift of Werner and Elaine Dannheisser
Duisburg-Bruckhausen, Ruhr Region, Germany Photograph Acc. 368.2008	1999	Gelatin silver print	19 5/16 × 24" (49.1 × 60.9 cm) ⌀c 0.00 cm · ⌀ 0.00 cm · L 0.00 cm · 0.00 kg · seat 0.00 cm	Photography	Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel