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- Estimate
- $10,000–$15,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Photographs, New York · 3 April 2025
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5286986
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Bernd And Hilla Becher, Cooling Tower, Differdange L. Sotheby's, 3 Apr 2025, lot 92. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5286986.
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Bernd And Hilla Becher, Cooling Tower, Differdange L. Sotheby's, 3 Apr 2025, lot 92. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5286986.
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Wall Street | Paul Strand | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Kitchen | Thomas Demand | $20,000–$30,000 | |
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| Lisa Lyon | Robert Mapplethorpe | $10,000–$15,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernd And Hilla Becher | Neuss am Rhein | $12,471 | Sotheby's, Nov 2023 | |
| Bernd And Hilla Becher | Water Tower, Maisoncelles, Seine-et-Marne, France | Phillips, Oct 2023 | ||
| Bernd And Hilla Becher | Winding tower | Lempertz, Jun 2021 | ||
| Bernd And Hilla Becher | Plant for Styrofoam Production, Wesseling near Cologne | Lempertz, Nov 2024 | ||
| Bernd And Hilla Becher | Water Tower, Oberhausen/Ruhr, Germany | Phillips, Oct 2022 | ||
| Bernd And Hilla Becher | Sechs Wasserturme | Phillips, Apr 2024 | ||
| Bernd And Hilla Becher | Bernd and Hilla Becher (1931-2007 and 1934-2015) | Bonhams, Jun 2019 | ||
| Bernd And Hilla Becher | Water Tower (Wasserturm), Herve/Liège, B | Phillips, Oct 2022 |
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