Gymnasium in a WPA-built school in Wheatland, eastern New Mexico, July 17, 1992
Artist
Steve Fitch
(American, born 1949)
Date1992
MediumChromogenic print (Fuji Crystal Archive paper)
DimensionsImage: 15 1/2 × 19 1/2 in. (39.4 × 49.5 cm)
Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
Support: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineGift of Steve Fitch, 2021
Object number2021.10.19
DescriptionLarge room dappled with light coming through deteriorating structure from outside. Sign above doorway at right reads “NO SMOKING” in red letters. …
eMuseum Notes
After venturing inside an abandoned building in Vaughn, New Mexico, which turned out to have been a music hall, Steve Fitch decided to capture what was left of its spirit. In the dim light of the boarded-up building, with rain coming through the damaged roof, he found a dry spot from which to make a long exposure that would capture the painted walls. Resuming his drive, the artist made his way to his original destination, the town of Yeso, and made a few more photographs of interiors in vacant buildings there. Thus began his series Gone, an exploration of the post-World War II culture of the high Great Plains region.
On View
Not on view
Steve Fitch
September 9, 2006 (printed 2017)
