Grand View Motel Neon Sign, Raton, New Mexico

Steve Fitch, 1981

Colour photography only hit its stride in the 1970s. Photographers suddenly looked at the vernacular landscape through different – coloured – glasses. They saw facets that had not yet been noticed: the discordant colours of graffiti, or the pink and green glow of neon light. For his photographic series Diesels and Dinosaurs Fitch singled out these typically American expressions of advertising and light architecture. Later, as a sculptor, he began making his own neon installations

  • Artwork typephotograph
  • Object numberRP-F-2013-125
  • Dimensionsheight 204 mm x width 255 mm
  • Physical characteristicschromogene druk

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Grand View Motel, Raton, New Mexico
    • Grand View Motel Neon Sign, Raton, New Mexico
  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-F-2013-125

  • Inscriptions / marks

    factory mark


Creation

  • Creation

    photographer: Steve Fitch, United States of America

  • Dating

    1981

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    chromogene druk

  • Dimensions

    height 204 mm x width 255 mm


This work is about

  • Subject

  • Place


Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of Baker McKenzie

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2013-12-24

  • Copyright

    Steve Fitch


Documentation

    • Mattie Boom en Hans Rooseboom, 'Modern Times : Een lange eeuw in tien delen', Fotografisch Geheugen (2014), 84, p. 7, afb. 8.
    • Mariette Haveman, 'Het gekleurde beeld', Kunstschrift (2014) nr. 5, p. 7, afb. 7.

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