[Shell, for the German Industrial Exhibition, Khartoum, Sudan]
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Even after the establishment of the Bechers’ professional partnership in 1959, Hilla continued to accept commission work. She produced this study of the inner architecture of a seashell as a graphic for a display of industrial design at a German trade fair in Khartoum. This vintage photograph was copied and used by the pavilion designer as oversize enlargements. Hilla also documented the interior and exterior of the innovative prefabricated shed pavilion with its lively metal banding.
Artwork Details
- Title: [Shell, for the German Industrial Exhibition, Khartoum, Sudan]
- Artist: Hilla Becher (German, 1934–2015)
- Date: 1961
- Medium: Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions: 15 3/8 × 11 7/8 in. (39 × 30.1 cm)
- Classification: Photographs
- Credit Line: Estate Bernd & Hilla Becher, represented by Max Becher, courtesy Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur—Bernd & Hilla Becher Archive, Cologne.
- Rights and Reproduction: © Estate Bernd & Hilla Becher, represented by Max Becher, courtesy Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur—Bernd & Hilla Becher Archive, Cologne.
- Curatorial Department: Photographs