Bill Owens
I'm a rear bumper securer ....

I'm a rear bumper securer ....

© Bill Owens

I'm a rear bumper securer ....
I'm a rear bumper securer ....
ArtistAmerican, born 1938
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • I'm a rear bumper securer ....
  • from the series Working: I Do It for the Money
Datec. 1977
PlaceUnited States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/8 × 8 1/8 in. (16.3 × 20.6 cm)
Sheet: 7 15/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.2 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Mundy Companies
Object number2000.70
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York]; purchased by MFAH, 2000.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in pencil, verso: "Wm Owens / Wm. Lane / S.J / PF 25825"
There is a label on the verso, lower right on which is inscribed in pencil: "Le Gates / 16.2A"
Typed on a label affixed to the verso with adhesive tape: "I'm a rear-bumper securer. I do 45 bumpers an / hour and have had the same job for 11 years. / This is a very impersonal place to work. If / you had a heart attack they'd replace you in / two minutes. Never fall down in front of the / line, they'd run it over you. I make $300 a / week but it takes a certain type of person to / do this job. / From: WORKING I DO IT FOR THE MONEY / By Bill Owens (415-447-5943) / Published by Simon & Schuster, May 1977 / Return Prints to: Bill Owens / 268 Yosemite Drive / Livermore, CA 94550 / © Bill Owens:Must appear with photos."
The photograph is signed in pencil, verso

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