Photo © Phillips — view this lot on Phillips ↗Winding towers, (Fördertürme) France, Belgium, 1974-1980
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Phillips · Apr 11, 2026$129,000 ≈ £95,946 ≈ €110,153Sign up free to see price
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Sechs Wassertürme
Bernd and Hilla Becher (German, 1959–2007) · 1976
$20,320 price realized incl. premium
≈ £16,531≈ €19,163
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- Medium
- Lithograph · Prints & multiples all lithograph results →As published: “Six offset lithographs, printed later”
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated in pencil on the verso
- Category
- Lithographs
- Dimensions
- Each approximately 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- Photographs (NY040323)
- Date
- October 11, 2023
- Location
- New York, United States
- Lot
- 125
- Estimate
- $8,000 – $12,000 (≈ £6,508 – £9,762) (≈ €7,544 – €11,316)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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