View inside a house in Ancho, eastern New Mexico, May 14, 2000
Artist
Steve Fitch
(American, born 1949)
Date2000
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 number2021.10.21
DescriptionInterior of room with view into another room at back, with a full-length blue curtain, hallway drawn, dividing the two spaces. To the left of the doorway is a picture of Santa Claus with the words “Merry Christmas” above him. Front space has bright green shag carpet and a faded green sofa at front left with doll’s head on it. Folded newspapers in foreground. At right rear of room is a brick or cinder block structure painted white that may have been part of a fireplace. Back room has a red runner rug leading from doorway to a closed door with large glass panel and window above. To the right of it is a window covered by a blue curtain with a ceiling light fixture in front of it.eMuseum Notes
It’s Christmas all year ‘round in this abandoned house in eastern New Mexico, part of photographer Steve Fitch’s series Gone. Over a period of ten years, the artist criss-crossed the Great Plains in his truck, exploring the buildings and belongings people have left behind. Some had been abandoned for twenty years or more, essentially preserved by the dry climate and now occupied by birds, rodents, and insects. Though its human inhabitants were long gone, Fitch felt a tingle of voyeurism as he went inside and saw how they had decorated their rooms and the personal belongings left behind.
On View
Not on view
