BECHER, Bernhard and Hilla. Anonyme Skulpturen.

(Dusseldorf, Michaelpresse, 1969.  First edition.  Softcover.  43cm by 31cm. [12]-pages. Issued as Kunst Zeitung No. 2, the publication accompanied the first show the Bechers ever had in Düsseldorf, their city of residence, and where they famously organized the Düsseldorf School of Photography within the Kunstakademie. An early, seminal publication by Bernhard and Hilla Becher presenting a systematic photographic survey of industrial architecture—cooling towers, water towers, silos, and other functional structures. The Bechers’ typological approach—frontal perspectives, repetition, and consistent scale—foregrounds the sculptural qualities of these “anonymous” constructions.  A good copy, creased where folded and torn at spine where folded. Scarce.