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Artists›Steve Fitch

Steve Fitch

1949⚠

WA-00048623

Santa Fe County, NM, USA

Photography

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None documented

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60%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ18422148

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (2)

Aichttps://www.artic.edu/artists/34488
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/steve-fitch
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

About

Why this artist matters now

Steve Fitch is an American photographer whose practice centers on landscape and vernacular architecture across the American West. Working primarily in color and large-format photography, he documents the built environment with documentary precision and formal restraint. Based in Santa Fe County, Fitch has taught photography at the university level and published extensively on his work and methodology.

Source: Aic · Trust score: 95% · Updated 11d ago

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Institutional

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Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (4)

Motel, Hedley, Texas

1981 · photographic support

height: 203 cm, width: 254 cm

Rijksmuseum

Star-Vu

1981 · photographic support

width: 253 cm, height: 201 cm

Rijksmuseum

Grand View Motel, Raton, New Mexico

1981 · photographic support

height: 204 cm, width: 255 cm

Rijksmuseum

WattsOS

Untitled

1978 · Dye transfer print

Image: 12 5/8 × 12 13/16 in. (32 × 32.6 cm) Sheet: 16 1/4 × 13 9/16 in. (41.3 × 34.5 cm) Mat: 20 5/16 × 16 1/16 in. (51.6 × 40.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Artwork sources (3)

4 published of 13 catalogued · 12 with image

Rijksmuseum
3 published3 img
The Met
1 published
+ 1 more source · 9 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Motel, Hedley, Texas
1981 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Star-Vu
1981 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Grand View Motel, Raton, New Mexico
1981 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Rijksmuseum

Grand View Motel, Raton, New Mexico (1981)

Rijksmuseum

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Art Institute of Chicago

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