id:			291486
accession number:	2016.520
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.520
updated:		2024-03-26 02:01:52.381000

It takes a lot of brains to be a model. You're not just a body with a pretty face. You have to have the latest saleable look and be a self-starter with drive and energy. It's a lot of fun meeting artistic people and going on location. It's something different, 1976. Bill Owens (American, b. 1938). Gelatin silver print, printed later; image: 15.9 x 20 cm (6 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.); paper: 20.2 x 25.1 cm (7 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2016.520

title:				It takes a lot of brains to be a model. You're not just a body with a pretty face. You have to have the latest saleable look and be a self-starter with drive and energy. It's a lot of fun meeting artistic people and going on location. It's something different
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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, printed later
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: 15.9 x 20 cm (6 1/4 x 7 7/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 x 25.1 cm (7 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: “Bill Owens (signed)”
Stamped in black ink on verso: “© BILL OWENS/EXTRA BOOK PRINT”
Written in pencil on verso: “W159”
Written in pencil on verso: “1013M 2000”
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