Bernd & Hilla Becher: Typologies
The artists’ most immediately recognizable work, the typologies group several photographs of a single category of industrial structure, such as cooling towers or blast furnaces. Presented together in a grid, subtle variations emerge among these homogeneous structures.
![Grid of six framed black and white photographs of blast furnaces](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/BHB.0341-a-f-1148x900.jpg)
Blast Furnaces, Perspective View, 1979-86
six gelatin silver prints, 22-1/4 x 18 inches (each framed) [56.5 x 45.7 cm]
![Color image of a suite of six black and white photographs of different coal preparation plants](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/BHB-15-003.jpg)
Coal Preparation Plants [Processing Plants for Coal] [Aufbreitungsanlange für Kohle], 1966
six gelatin silver prints on original mount, 33 x 29 inches (framed) [83.8 x 50.8 cm]
![Four framed black and white photographs showing a factory building from various angles.](https://fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/BHB.0347-Framed-1440x418.jpg)
Blast Furnaces, Volklingen, Saar District, 1986
four gelatin silver prints, 36 x 123 inches (overall installed) [91.4 x 312.4 cm]
![Grid of six framed black and white photographs of blast furnaces](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/BHB.0341-a-f-scaled.jpg?fit=675%2C529&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Bernd & Hilla BecherBlast Furnaces, Perspective View
1979-86
six gelatin silver prints, 22-1/4 x 18 inches (each framed) [56.5 x 45.7 cm]
![Color image of a suite of six black and white photographs of different coal preparation plants](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/BHB-15-003.jpg?fit=675%2C774&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Bernd & Hilla BecherCoal Preparation Plants [Processing Plants for Coal] [Aufbreitungsanlange für Kohle]
1966
six gelatin silver prints on original mount, 33 x 29 inches (framed) [83.8 x 50.8 cm]
![Four framed black and white photographs showing a factory building from various angles.](https://i0.wp.com/fraenkelgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/BHB.0347-Framed.jpg?fit=675%2C196&quality=90&strip=all&ssl=1)
Bernd & Hilla BecherBlast Furnaces, Volklingen, Saar District
1986
four gelatin silver prints, 36 x 123 inches (overall installed) [91.4 x 312.4 cm]