id:			324177
accession number:	2019.299
share license status:	Copyrighted
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.299
updated:		2024-03-26 02:02:05.779000

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: 21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.); paper: 25.3 x 20.1 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos 2019.299

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: 21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.); Paper: 25.3 x 20.1 cm (9 15/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: “V0304 4000”
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: “19A”
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	inscription:	Written in pencil on verso: “Bill Owens (signed)”
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: “© Bill Owens/Jeroboam, Inc.”
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	inscription:	Stamped in red ink on verso: “USE WITH/JEROBOAM INC. CREDIT LINE/RETURN TO CATEGORY:”
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	inscription:	Written in black ink on verso: “Maintenance-Bldg”
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	inscription:	Written in red ink on verso: “BO225-11/82”
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	inscription:	Commercially imprinted throughout verso: “Agfa”
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PROVENANCE

	George Stephanopoulos [1961-], New York, NY
	date: ?-2019
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: December 2, 2019
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