id:			291465
accession number:	2016.509
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.509
updated:		2025-02-09 07:30:55.447000

The county wanted to widen the road in front of my home. They planned to cut down several oak trees, build a bigger bridge and "improve" the area so more cars could get through. To stop them we organized a neighborhood association and hired a lawyer. Community action works if you hire a lawyer. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, 1969–1975. Bill Owens (American, b. 1938). Vintage gelatin silver print; image: 19.1 x 24.1 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.); paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2016.509

title:				The county wanted to widen the road in front of my home. They planned to cut down several oak trees, build a bigger bridge and "improve" the area so more cars could get through. To stop them we organized a neighborhood association and hired a lawyer. Community action works if you hire a lawyer. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California
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creation date:			1969–1975
creation date earliest:		1969
creation date latest:		1975
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creditline:			Gift of George Stephanopoulos
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culture:	America
technique:	vintage 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: 19.1 x 24.1 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.); Paper: 20.3 x 25.2 cm (8 x 9 15/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: “Bill Owens (signed)”
Written in pencil on verso: “V0716/3500”
Written in blue ink on verso: “87 [circled]”
Written in blue ink on verso three times: “A [circled]”
Written in blue ink on verso: “BO-40-11/79”
Stamped in black ink on verso: “BILL OWENS/BBM [scribbled out in black ink]/© All Rights Reserved/This Photograph must be returned./B.B.M Associates/741 Addison Street/Berkeley, California 94710 [scribbled out in black ink]”
Stamped in black ink on verso: “USE WITH/JEROBOAM INC. CREDIT LINE/RETURN TO CATEGORY:”
Written in black ink on verso: “Use w/ Jeroboam Credit/White Collar” 
Commercially imprinted throughout paper on verso: “Agfa”
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