Fourteen years ago Dublin, California was a crossroads on U.S. 50 and Highway 21. The population was less than 1,000 (most of them cows). Today Dublin is the crossroads of Interstate Highways 580 and 680 with a population over 25,000 people.

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 number2007.54.115

SignedVerso: artist's signature in pencil; photographer's stamp: "Copyright Bill Owens/ Publishers Copy/ Printed 1998"

Edition/State/Proofed. 1/5

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DescriptionAerial view of suburban housing developments.
Portfolio; These prints were made in 1998 at the time of the publication of a new (expanded) edition of the original Suburbia book.

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