Bernd and Hilla Becher: Fachwerkhäuser des Siegener Industriegebietes (Framework Houses of the Siegen Industrial Region) [SIGNED]

BECHER, Bernd (Bernhard) and Hilla

ISBN 10: 3888140056 / ISBN 13: 9783888140051

Published by Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, München (Munich), 2000

About this Item

1977/2000. Second German edition (the first edition was published by Schirmer/Mosel in 1977). Signed in pencil on the front end paper by Bernd Becher and Hilla Becher. Hardcover. Cloth, with dust jacket. Unpaginated with 350 duotone plates. 9-3/4 x 8-3/4 inches. New in New dust jacket (opened only for signature). From the publisher: "In the Siegen area east of Cologne, one of the world's oldest iron-producing regions, the use of wood for building purposes was regulated since wood, in the form of charcoal, was the energy base for ironsmelting. This self-imposed restriction produced an ideal framework structure eliminating all purely ornamental construction elements. Documented by Bernd and Hilla Becher in their first complete photographic series." Signed by Author. Bookseller Inventory # 100010

Bibliographic Details

Title: Bernd and Hilla Becher: Fachwerkhäuser des ...

Publisher: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag, München (Munich)

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition:New

Dust Jacket Condition: New

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 2nd Edition.

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Synopsis:

From the publisher: "In the Siegen area east of Cologne, one of the world's oldest iron-producing regions, the use of wood for building purposes was regulated since wood, in the form of charcoal, was the energy base for ironsmelting. This self-imposed restriction produced an ideal framework structure eliminating all purely ornamental construction elements. Documented by Bernd and Hilla Becher in their first complete photographic series."