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My husband, Pat, has a theory about watering our newly seeded lawn.  The water has to trinkle from heaven and fall like tender little rain drops...otherwise the lawn won't grow properly.
My husband, Pat, has a theory about watering our newly seeded lawn. The water has to trinkle from heaven and fall like tender little rain drops...otherwise the lawn won't grow properly.

My husband, Pat, has a theory about watering our newly seeded lawn. The water has to trinkle from heaven and fall like tender little rain drops...otherwise the lawn won't grow properly.

Portfolio TitleSuburbia
Artist Bill Owens (American, born 1938)
Dateca. 1972; printed 1998
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 9 3/8 inches (19.05 × 23.81 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 7/8 inches (20.16 × 25.08 cm)
Credit LineGift of Robert Koch in honor of the 75th anniversary of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Object number2007.54.47
SignedSigned on sheet verso, lower right, in pencil; On sheet verso, lower right, stamped in black ink: "© BILL OWENS / PUBLISHERS COPY / PRINTED 1998".
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/5
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DescriptionImage of a smiling woman holding a baby on her hip while watering her lawn. She's wearing striped pants with a dark short-sleeved collared shirt.
Copyright© Bill Owens
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