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[High Tension Pylon for the German Industrial Exhibition, Khartoum, Sudan]

Hilla Becher German

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Even after the establishment of the Bechers’ professional partnership in 1959, Hilla continued to accept commission work. She produced this dizzying view of the metal superstructure of an electrical tower 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.

[High Tension Pylon for the German Industrial Exhibition, Khartoum, Sudan], Hilla Becher (German, 1934–2015), Gelatin silver print

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