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.

Blast Furnaces, Perspective View, 1979-86
six gelatin silver prints, 22-1/4 x 18 inches (each framed) [56.5 x 45.7 cm]

Water Towers [Wassertürme] 1963-1972, 2010
six gelatin silver prints, 18 x 22 inches (each framed) [45.7 x 55.9 cm]

Blast Furnaces, Volklingen, Saar District, 1986
four gelatin silver prints, 36 x 123 inches (overall installed) [91.4 x 312.4 cm]

Wassertürme [Water Tower], 1973
two gelatin silver prints, 25-3/4 x 34-3/4 inches (framed) [65.5 x 88 cm]

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]

Bernd & Hilla BecherWater Towers [Wassertürme] 1963-1972
2010
six gelatin silver prints, 18 x 22 inches (each framed) [45.7 x 55.9 cm]

Bernd & Hilla BecherBlast Furnaces, Volklingen, Saar District
1986
four gelatin silver prints, 36 x 123 inches (overall installed) [91.4 x 312.4 cm]

Bernd & Hilla BecherWassertürme [Water Tower]
1973
two gelatin silver prints, 25-3/4 x 34-3/4 inches (framed) [65.5 x 88 cm]