Bill Owens b. 1938

a group of 9 photographs, including 'Reagan on TV,' signed, titled, dated, numbered 'API,' annotated, and copyrighted by the photographer on the reverse, matted, framed, 1972, printed circa 1977, API in an edition of 40; and the complete group of 8 plates from Bill Owens Portfolio 1977 (San Francisco: Berggruen, 1977, a projected edition of 25), each flush-mounted, signed and titled by the photographer in ink in the margin, the portfolio, copyright, and reproduction rights stamps on the reverse, numbered sequentially and '2/25' by the photographer in ink on the reverse, accompanied by the letterpress captions; each overmatted, framed, a Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts label on the reverse, circa 1972-77, printed in 1977, no. 2 in a projected edition of 25 (Mirrors and Windows, p. 121) (9)

Foster Goldstrom Fine Arts, San Francisco, California

The photographs in Bill Owens Portfolio, 1977 consist of images from three of the photographer's books, Suburbia; Working: I Do It for the Money; and Our Kind of People.  While the edition was to have been 25, it is believed that no more than 10 complete portfolios were actually printed.

The plates in the portfolio are as follows:

Suburbia (We're Really Happy), circa 1973

Our Kind of People (American Flag), circa 1975

Our Kind of People (Beauty Contest), circa 1975

Working (Chiropractor), circa 1977

Suburbia (Christina in Her Room), circa 1973

Our Kind of People (Voice of the Valley Radio Club), circa 1975

Suburbia (Couple - Sex), circa 1972

Working (Pneumatic Gun Operator), circa 1977