Dusseldorf: Art-Press Verlag (1970). First Edition. Quarto. SIGNED by Hilla Becher. The defacto manifesto of the Dusseldorf school: a group of Becher students, loosely affiliated, comprising some of the big names of today's art world, including Andreas Gursky and Thomas Struth. Like Ruscha, the Bechers blur the line between documentation and art, creating a turning of consciousness that has served to redefine the medium. (Parr / Badger, v2, 261; Roth 194-195; Open Book 258-259; Auer 518). Fine in a near fine jacket with a few tiny nicks at the head of the spine, and a small edge tear at the bottom of the back panel repaired by archival tape at the verso. Clean copy; uncommon signed.