Bernd and Hilla Becher — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works316

Museum Acquisitions

13 Institutions

NGA Washington

Met

Art Institute of Chicago

SFMOMA

Fogg Museum

Previous Sales 16

Sotheby's

Wasserturm, 1978

$25,000

Oct 2025

Sotheby's

'Kühlturme' [Cooling Towers], 1973

Sotheby's

Christie's

New York Water Towers, 1978-1979

$187,500

Nov 2019

Christie's

Blast Furnace, Dillingen, Saarland, Germany, 1989

$21,250

Apr 2019

Christie's

Blast Furnace, Rombas, Lorraine, France, 1984

$20,000

Apr 2019

Christie's

Engine Houses, 1986

Christie's

Christie's

Wassertürme (Sezanne F) (Water towers (Sezanne F)), 1973

£27,500 ($36k USD)

Feb 2016

Christie's

Montabaur Westerfeld, Germany, 1989

$5,975

Nov 2003

Christie's

Hochöfen (Blast Furnaces), 1971

£14,340 ($19k USD)

Feb 2003

Christie's

Winding Towers Great Britain, 1983

£27,485 ($36k USD)

Oct 2002

Christie's

Winding Tower, Wales, 1967

$4,182

Sep 2002

Christie's

Spherical Gastanks, 1984

Christie's

Rago Arts and Auction Center

Blast Furnaces (A sequence of 9)

$114,300

Jan 1970

For Sale 3

Paula Cooper Gallery · Artsy

Detail Blast Furnace, La Louvière, 1985

Ludorff · Artsy

4 Gelatin silver prints

Schellmann Art · Artsy

Förderturm Zeche Waltrop, 1982

US$3,600

Digital pigment print, folded up

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Market736 auction results

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$4.2K – $201K

2 of 2 photographs lots with prices

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$52.7K

Object-type specific

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$27.9K

2 priced photographs lots

calendar_todayLast Photograph Sale

Oct 2025 · $31.8K

Latest priced sale: Wasserturm

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Photographs: $27.9K medianBooks/portfolios: $1.7K medianEditioned photos: $120K medianPosters/ephemera: $1.1K medianUnclassified lots: — median

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Galleries1

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Prizes & Awards1

Hasselblad Award

Winner 2004

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