I find a sense of freedom in the suburbs., 1972

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G34

series Title

Suburbia

Medium

gelatin silver print

Dimensions

image: 21.8 × 16.7 cm (8 9/16 × 6 9/16 in.)

sheet: 24.2 × 18.2 cm (9 1/2 × 7 3/16 in.)

Credit Line

Anonymous Gift in honor of Sarah Greenough and Andrea Nelson

Accession Number

2023.148.7

Artists / Makers

Bill Owens (artist) American, born 1938

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Inscription

on verso, signed by artist, upper center in graphite: Bill Owens; on recto, by artist, lower left below image in blue ink: TOP BLEEDS / OFF PAGE / LEAVE TRIM AS NOTED; lower center: #25 [circled] 82.5% [crossed out] 85%; on verso, top center stamped in red ink: © PHOTO - BILL OWENS / USE OF ABOVE CREDIT LINE / IS MANDATORY.; upper center printed in black ink on applied paper: I find a sense of freedom in / the suburbs. You assume the / mask of suburbia for outward / appearances and yet no one / knows what you really do.; upper right illegible printing notes in graphite; center Bill Owens stamp in black ink perpendicular; lower center stamped in black ink inverted: © PHOTO - BILL OWENS / USE OF ABOVE CREDIT LINE / IS MANDATORY.; by unknown hand, lower center in blue pencil: Pg 25; lower right in black ink: 85% / 11-191; bottom left in graphite: C0730

Provenance

(Richard Moore Photographs, Oakland, CA); Private collection, New York, 2018; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Anonymous