The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of October 3, 2023

Blast Furnaces, Ohio

1996

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Bernd Becher

(German, 1931–2007)

Hilla Becher

(German, 1934–2015)

Germany, 20th century

Gelatin silver prints

Overall: 167.6 x 182.9 cm (66 x 72 in.)

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1997.14

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Written in pencil on verso of panel #1: "Blast Furnaces, Ohio / Bernd Becher / Hilla Becher"

Citations
Cleveland Museum of Art, “Major Neoclassical Marble, Rare Korean Sculpture, Other Recent CMA Acquisitions Now on View,” April 16, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives. archive.org
Hinson, Tom E., "The Sculpture of Industry", Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine. Vol. 37 no. 06, Summer 1997 Mentioned and reproduced: p. 6-7 archive.org
Exhibition history

Main Gallery Rotation (Gallery 229): April 14, 2014 - October 28, 2014.

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