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Comparative Juxtaposition, Nine Objects, Each With A Different Function

1961–72
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Comparative Juxtaposition, Nine Objects, Each With A Different Function
  • Artist: Bernd and Hilla Becher (German, active 1959–2007)
  • Date: 1961–72
  • Medium: Gelatin silver prints
  • Dimensions: Image: 9 1/2 × 7 1/2 in. (24.1 × 19.1 cm)
    Mount: 38 × 30 in. (96.5 × 76.2 cm)
    Frame: 40 1/4 × 32 1/4 × 1 in. (102.2 × 81.9 × 2.5 cm)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Anonymous Gifts, by exchange, The Daniel and Estrellita Brodsky Family Foundation Gift, and David Hunter McAlpin Fund, by exchange, 2022
  • Object Number: 2022.165
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Estate Bernd & Hilla Becher, represented by Max Becher
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs
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