Pitheads U.S.A. (Part II)
Bernd and Hilla Becher, German, collaboration 1959-2007
Bernd Becher, German, 1931 - 2007
Hilla Becher, German, 1934 - 2015
1974
Fifteen gelatin silver prints mounted with plastic photo corners on a paperboard backing
Overall: 29 1/2 × 23 1/4 in. (74.9 × 59.1 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Trevor Fairbrother and John T. Kirk in honor of the staff who worked on the Collecting and Sharing exhibition and catalogue
2015.75
Geography
Place Made: Germany, Europe
Period
20th century
Object Name
Photograph
Research Area
Photograph
Not on view
Inscriptions
Titled and dated, lower left, in graphite: Pitheads U.S.A. 1974 Part II; Label, on reverse, lower right, printed: SONNABEND / 420 West Broadway, New York 10012 212/966-6160 Artist [printed] BERND + HILLA BECHER [in black ink] / Title [printed] PITHEADS, U.S.A. (PART II) [in black ink] / Date [printed] 1974 [in black ink] / Medium [printed] PHOTOGRAPHS - 15 [in black ink] / Dimensions [printed] 29 1/4 x 23 1/4 [in black ink] / Reg # [printed] 5300 [in black ink]
Course History
German Club, Winter 2019
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
ARTH 48.02, History of Photography, Katie Hornstein, Winter 2020
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2020
GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020
GERM 003, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Fall 2020
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Winter 2021
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021
GERM 03, Intermediate German, Klaus Mladek and Lisa Oberberger, Spring 2021
Studio Art 65.01, Architecture I, Zenovia Toloudi, Spring 2024
Studio Art 66.01, Studio Art 68.01, Archiecture II/III, Zenovia Toloudi, Spring 2024
Exhibition History
Collecting and Sharing: Trevor Fairbrother, John T. Kirk, and the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, August 22-December 6, 2015.
Publication History
Collecting and Sharing: Trevor Fairbrother, John T. Kirk, and the Hood Museum of Art, with contributions by Katherine Hart, Michael R. Taylor, John O'Reilly and James Tellin, Trevor Fairbrother and John T. Kirk, Hanover, New Hampshire: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2015, p. 139, no. 122.
Provenance
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, date unknown; sold to Trevor Fairbrother and John Kirk, May 24, 1988; given to present collection, 2015.
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