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Cooling Tower, Waltrop Mine, Waltrop, Ruhr, Germany by Bernd and Hilla Becher — VisualArtsDB

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Cooling Tower, Waltrop Mine, Waltrop, Ruhr, Germany

Cooling Tower, Waltrop Mine, Waltrop, Ruhr, Germany

Cooling Tower, Waltrop Mine, Waltrop, Ruhr, Germany

Bernd and Hilla Becher

1967

Dimensions: 23.9 Centimeters (Measurements) × 17.9388 Centimeters (Measurements)
Genre: Artwork
Museum: J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA, US

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