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Bernd and Hilla Becher Hilla Becher Bernd Becher: career timeline

· Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 22 of 54 lots (41% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Bernd and Hilla Becher Hilla Becher Bernd Becher: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.
Decade madeWorksSoldMedian sold priceMain medium
1960s1111$13.2kSign upPhotograph
1970s98$8kSign upPhotograph
1980s11$5.6kSign upPhotograph
1990s11$2.1kSign upLithograph

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Enter what you know about a work by Bernd and Hilla Becher Hilla Becher Bernd Becher to see the closest recorded works from the same period, with their auction results. These are past records only, not a valuation: condition, authenticity, provenance and the market all change what a work brings. For an auction estimate of your work, get a free auction estimate.

1960s 11 works

Sold
11 of 11
Median
$13.2kSign up
Average
$20.2kSign up
Typical size
14.5 × 12 in (37 × 30 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (11)
Subjects
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1970s 9 works

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8 of 9
Median
$8kSign up
Average
$10.4kSign up
Typical size
13.5 × 12 in (35 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (7), Print (other) (1), Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—

1980s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$5.6kSign up
Average
$5.6kSign up
Typical size
8.5 × 6.5 in (22 × 17 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (1)
Subjects
—

1990s 1 work

Sold
1 of 1
Median
$2.1kSign up
Average
$2.1kSign up
Typical size
13 × 10 in (33 × 25 cm)
Mediums
Lithograph (1)
Subjects
—

Creation date not recorded

32 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 4 works

Sold
4 of 4
Median
$17.3kSign up
Average
$20.6kSign up
Typical size
21.5 × 19 in (54 × 48 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (4)
Subjects
—

Undated, sold in the 2010s 28 works

Sold
28 of 28
Median
$16.6kSign up
Average
$37.8kSign up
Typical size
15.5 × 12 in (40 × 31 cm)
Mediums
Photograph (28)
Subjects
Landscapes (2), Figures & portraits (1)
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…and 16 more works from this group in the full results list.

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Bernd and Hilla Becher Hilla Becher Bernd Becher auction results →