id:			291460
accession number:	2016.504
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.504
updated:		2025-02-09 07:30:52.695000

Working: On our commune everyone has to work. We chase off the freeloaders. The commune has to make money. It has to be a business, then it can grow. The government isn't going to take care of you. You have to band together to help each other. Taos, New Mexico, 1976. Bill Owens (American, b. 1938). Gelatin silver print; image: 17 x 20.8 cm (6 11/16 x 8 3/16 in.); paper: 20.1 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2016.504

title:				On our commune everyone has to work. We chase off the freeloaders. The commune has to make money. It has to be a business, then it can grow. The government isn't going to take care of you. You have to band together to help each other. Taos, New Mexico
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series:				Working
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creation date:			1976
creation date earliest:		1976
creation date latest:		1976
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
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culture:	America
technique:	gelatin silver print
department:	Photography
collection:	PH - American 1951-Present
type:		Photograph
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CREATORS

* Bill Owens (American, b. 1938)  - artist
American photographer, born 1938
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measurements: Image: 17 x 20.8 cm (6 11/16 x 8 3/16 in.); Paper: 20.1 x 25.2 cm (7 15/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: “Bill Owens (signed)”
Written in pencil on verso: “V0301/5000”
Written in black marker on verso: “TAOS 12 B”
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