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Published ReferencesBill Owens, Suburbia, Straight Arrow Press, 1973
DimensionsSheet: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Image: 6 1/8 × 8 in. (15.6 × 20.3 cm)
Accession Number 2022.57
Classificationsphotograph
SignedBill Owens (verso l,r graphite)
Inscriptions89 BO-1303M 1500 (verso l,l graphite)
Portfolio/Series"Suburbia" series
Marks© BILL OWENS EXTRA BOOK PRINT (verso l,r black ink stamp)
ProvenanceDr. Steven and Yasemin Miller, Salt Lake City; Des Moines Art Center [gift from the previous, 2022]
Dining table with desserts, Tri-Valley area, Northern California, from the "Suburbia" series
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
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
Pinball machine repairman, Tri-Valley area, Northern California, from the "Working" series
Bill Owens
1974-1976, printed 2006
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
Spectators, Patty Hearst trial, San Francisco, California
Bill Owens
1976
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
A large sign in the besieged Bogside area in Londonderry, Northern Ireland
Leonard Freed
1971
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Ice Cream Desserts
Claes Oldenburg
1975-1976
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Owens Valley, California
William Edward Dassonville
ca. 1930s
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Owens Valley, California
William Edward Dassonville
ca. 1930s