Bill Owens

"I Was a Lawyer Before I Became a Private Detective..."
1976

A black and white photograph of an older man standing in a narrow alleyway. He is wearing glasses, a hat, a light-colored shirt, and striped trousers. He holds a briefcase in his right hand and has a stern expression on his face. The alley walls are textured, and there's a pipe running down the wall to his right.

A black and white photograph of an older man standing in a narrow alleyway. He is wearing glasses, a hat, a light-colored shirt, and striped trousers. He holds a briefcase in his right hand and has a stern expression on his face. The alley walls are textured, and there's a pipe running down the wall to his right.

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Date
1976

Classification
Photographs

Medium
Gelatin silver print

Dimensions
Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 15/16in. (25.2 × 20.2 cm) Image: 8 7/16 × 6 7/16in. (21.4 × 16.4 cm)

Accession number
2002.81

Series
Working

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Robert Harshorn Shimshak and Marion Brenner

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/16345

Exhibitions

What's New: Recent Acquisitions in Photography

May 17–Sept 21, 2002

Bill Owens
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