Bernd and Hilla Becher - Typologien Typologies

München: Schirmer / Mosel, (1999). Second edition. Hardcover. 4to. Unpaginated (208pp). Black cloth with gray lettering on spine in original photographic dust jacket. Important photographic study by Bernhard and Hilla Becher of the development of form dictated by function rather than aesthetics. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of b/w photographs showing typologies of water towers, gas tanks, blast furnaces, coal elevators, cooling towers, mineheads and workingmen's housing. The first edition appeared as the catalogue for the German contribution to the 1990 Venice Biennial, where Bernd and Hilla Becher were awarded the Silver Lion. Preface by Klaus Bußmann. Text in German and English. Very minor staining and creasing on dj. Tight copy with dust jacket in very good, book in near fine condition. Important work on industrial structure photography combining a systematic approach with empirical aestheticism.

FINE. Super clean copy, both cloth and DJ are near pristine. From the personal collection of the editor who oversaw its publication.