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People throw away a lot of good things: clothes, toys, broken toasters, record players, and in the newer areas they throw out tables and chairs that don't fit in their new house. The ecology movement doesn't matter.
People throw away a lot of good things: clothes, toys, broken toasters, record players, and in the newer areas they throw out tables and chairs that don't fit in their new house. The ecology movement doesn't matter.

People throw away a lot of good things: clothes, toys, broken toasters, record players, and in the newer areas they throw out tables and chairs that don't fit in their new house. The ecology movement doesn't matter.

Portfolio TitleSuburbia
Artist Bill Owens (American, born 1938)
Dateca. 1972; printed 1998
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsUnframed: 8 x 10 inches (20.32 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert Koch in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number2007.54.8
SignedVerso: artist's signature in pencil; photographer's stamp: "Copyright Bill Owens/ Publishers Copy/ Printed 1998"
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/5
On View
Not on view
Collections
DescriptionMan walking across suburban driveway with trashcan on his back.
Portfolio; These prints were made in 1998 at the time of the publication of a new (expanded) edition of the original Suburbia book.
Copyright© Bill Owens
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I find the tensions of the day go away when I run a few miles before dark. The light is different, I hear new things and smell new odors like a fireplace burning oakwood. Sometimes I find that dogs are not man's best friend.
I find the tensions of the day go away when I run a few miles before dark. The light is different, I hear new things and smell new odors like a fireplace burning oakwood. Sometimes I find that dogs are not man's best friend.
Bill Owens
ca. 1972; printed 1998
2007.54.16
Baton Throw
Baton Throw
Harold Eugene Edgerton
ca. 1965
F96-48/7
It's fun to break up the glass. We're doing our thing for ecology and the Boy Scouts will give us a badge for working here.
It's fun to break up the glass. We're doing our thing for ecology and the Boy Scouts will give us a badge for working here.
Bill Owens
ca. 1972; printed 1998
2007.54.95
The Record Player
The Record Player
Karl Hofer
1939
54-87
Landscape with Four Dice-Players
Landscape with Four Dice-Players
Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi
mid-17th century
33-965
Chess Players
Chess Players
Unknown
ca. 1846-1848
2005.27.578
Two card players
Two card players
G. D. Wakely
1880
2005.27.3774
recto sheet overall
Five female tennis players
Unknown
ca. 1920s
2015.9.296
Image Not Available for Shadow Players
Shadow Players
Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
F88-43/172
image overall
The Domino Players
Unknown
ca. 1850
2018.20.22
Clothes Brush from Dresser Set
Clothes Brush from Dresser Set
Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island
1910-1925
F83-78/3
An Old Clothes' Shop, Seven Dials
An Old Clothes' Shop, Seven Dials
John Thomson
1877
2010.18.40.4.3