Joel Sternfeld
McLean, Virginia, December 4, 1978

McLean, Virginia, December 4, 1978

© Joel Sternfeld, courtesy of Luhring Augustine, New York

McLean, Virginia, December 4, 1978
McLean, Virginia, December 4, 1978
ArtistAmerican, born 1944
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • McLean, Virginia, December 4, 1978
  • from the series American Prospects
DateDecember 4, 1978, printed March 1982
PlaceMclean, Virginia, United States
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 15 5/16 × 19 1/8 in. (38.9 × 48.6 cm)
Sheet: 16 1/16 × 19 15/16 in. (40.8 × 50.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Daniel Wolf Gallery and the artist
Object number82.23
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description

Upon receiving a coveted Guggenheim Fellowship in 1978,
Sternfeld traded in his 35-mm camera for a large-format 8 x 10 camera, hopped
in his Volkswagen Camper, and set out across the United States to produce the photographs
for
American Prospects
. Amid the brilliant hues of
Virginia’s fall landscape, Sternfeld encountered a firefighter taking a break
from a training exercise. Still dressed in full gear, the man browses the
display of bright orange pumpkins, which are the same shade as the impressive
flames in the background. This iconic photograph graced the cover of the 1987 and
1994 editions of
American Prospects.




ProvenanceThe artist; [Daniel Wolf Gallery]; given to MFAH, 1982.

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