When school is out we sunbathe all day and dance all night. Camelback Mountains, Phoenix, Arizona - High Museum of Art

When school is out we sunbathe all day and dance all night. Camelback Mountains, Phoenix, Arizona

Bill Owens

American, born 1938

Details

Title

When school is out we sunbathe all day and dance all night. Camelback Mountains, Phoenix, Arizona

Artist/Maker

Bill Owens (American, born 1938)

Date

1976, printed later

Medium

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions

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Credit

Gift of Dr. Roger Hartl

Accession #

2022.268

On View

Currently not on view

Image Copyright

© Bill Owens

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