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In thirty-one years as a ladleman I've never been injured from the portfolio Working
In thirty-one years as a ladleman I've never been injured from the portfolio Working
In thirty-one years as a ladleman I've never been injured from the portfolio Working

In thirty-one years as a ladleman I've never been injured from the portfolio Working

Artist Bill Owens (American, born 1938)
Date1975-1977
MediumGelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsImage: 17.1 × 21.1 cm (6 3/4 × 8 5/16 in.)
Sheet: 20.2 × 25.3 cm (7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Robert Harshorn Shimshak and Marion Brenner, given in honor of the class of 1968
Object number2016.011.027
Collections
Exhibition History- It's Just a Job: Bill Owens and Studs Terkel on Working in 1970s America, 01/20/2018-07/29/2018, Zimmerli Art Museum, Machaver Gallery
Exhibitions

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Image Not Available for For over twenty years I have worked for Leslie Salt harvesting salt from the portfolio Working
For over twenty years I have worked for Leslie Salt harvesting salt from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
I've remembered the mad love of previous years from the series In Memory of Pushkin
I've remembered the mad love of previous years from the series In Memory of Pushkin
Vladimir Kuprianov
1979
It takes a year to make a gyro-ball guidance system for the C-5A aircraft from the portfolio Working
It takes a year to make a gyro-ball guidance system for the C-5A aircraft from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for Daytime soap opera has one purpose - to sell laxatives, fast food and vitamins from the portfolio Working
Daytime soap opera has one purpose - to sell laxatives, fast food and vitamins from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
(Ontological Comment...Never Been Here)
(Ontological Comment...Never Been Here)
Ilya Kabakov
1973
Image Not Available for I'm an electrical-cable splicer working for a public utility from the portfolio Working
I'm an electrical-cable splicer working for a public utility from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
One of the Famous Speed Walkers and Monsters: Serpo Didlo 20 Years of Age
One of the Famous Speed Walkers and Monsters: Serpo Didlo 20 Years of Age
Unidentified Russian
1889
I really enjoy being here because it's my pleasure to help people from the portfolio Working
I really enjoy being here because it's my pleasure to help people from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for Like everybody else, I am caught up in the rat race from the portfolio Working
Like everybody else, I am caught up in the rat race from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Being a receptionist is a catch-all job; you do everything from the portfolio Working
Being a receptionist is a catch-all job; you do everything from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Image Not Available for As a theoretical physicist I generally don't tell people what to do from the portfolio Working
As a theoretical physicist I generally don't tell people what to do from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977
Baking is the oldest trade in the world from the portfolio Working
Baking is the oldest trade in the world from the portfolio Working
Bill Owens
1975-1977