A plant serviceman, cleans, trims, prunes, waters and exchanges rented plants. I'm dusting a fiddle-leaf fig plant at the Trans-America building observation floor. I'm totally content with what I'm doing now.
Bill Owens (American, born 1938)
Details
Title
A plant serviceman, cleans, trims, prunes, waters and exchanges rented plants. I'm dusting a fiddle-leaf fig plant at the Trans-America building observation floor. I'm totally content with what I'm doing now.
Artist/Maker
Bill Owens (American, born 1938)
Date
1976, printed 2006
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
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Credit
Gift of Philip A. Bernstein and Luisa Recalcati
Accession #
2020.379
Location
Currently not on view
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