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DimensionsSheet: 10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
Image: 7 5/8 × 6 1/4 in. (19.4 × 15.9 cm)
Accession Number 2022.56
Classificationsphotograph
SignedBill Owens (verso l,r graphite)
InscriptionsBO-1089 2500 (verso l,l graphite) C (verso l,r graphite)
ProvenanceDr. Steven and Yasemin Miller, Salt Lake City; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2022]
Spectators, Patty Hearst trial, San Francisco, California
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Being a broker is the old "buy'em low, sell 'em high game. After the one o'clock bell, brokers have fifteen minutes to close their market orders. This is done by shouting your bids and positioning your hands. Palms out means sell, palms in means buy. I can assure you it's a fun game to win. San Francisco, California, from the "Working" series
Bill Owens
1976, printed 2006
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Elephant trainer, Tri-Valley area, Northern California, from the series "Working"
Bill Owens
1974-1976
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Forks and checks, Tri-Valley area, Northern California, from the "Leisure" series
Bill Owens
ca. 1975, printed later
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Hornets football, Tri-Valley area, Northern California, from the "Leisure" series
Bill Owens
ca. 1975, printed later
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Dining table with desserts, Tri-Valley area, Northern California, from the "Suburbia" series
Bill Owens
ca. 1970, printed 2001
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Pinball machine repairman, Tri-Valley area, Northern California, from the "Working" series
Bill Owens
1974-1976, printed 2006
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Our singing group will take any opportunity to perform, especially if it’s a captive audience. Flights to Hawaii, from the "Leisure" series
Bill Owens
1978, printed later
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
I am here to promote the new Concorde service. Air France has already purchased four of these planes and has just established service between Paris and Rio, Caracas and Washington, D.C. This is the greatest and the most beautiful aircraft ever built. It can travel at Mach 2 and it will change the way we think about flying forever. I am proud to represent the future., from the "Working" series
Bill Owens
1974-1976, printed 2006
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
San Francisco #1, from "Series 6"
Robert Stivers
2000
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
San Francisco from Telegraph Hill
William Edward Dassonville
ca. 1925
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
San Francisco from Fairmont Hotel
William Edward Dassonville
ca. 1925
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Mechanics Statue, Front of Shell Bldg, San Francisco
William Edward Dassonville
ca. 1925