Part of my job as a waiter is to be a zoo-runner. We carry the huge dish of ice cream around the tables while other waiters beat a drum. Then we deliver the ice-cream zoo to the table having the party, Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California - High Museum of Art

Part of my job as a waiter is to be a zoo-runner. We carry the huge dish of ice cream around the tables while other waiters beat a drum. Then we deliver the ice-cream zoo to the table having the party, Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Bill Owens

American, born 1938

Details

Title

Part of my job as a waiter is to be a zoo-runner. We carry the huge dish of ice cream around the tables while other waiters beat a drum. Then we deliver the ice-cream zoo to the table having the party, Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California

Artist/Maker

Bill Owens (American, born 1938)

Date

1976

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

8 x 10 inches

Credit

Gift of Hilary Leff and Elliot Groffman

Accession #

2020.409

On View

Currently not on view

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