Steve Fitch
Snakepit operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma

Snakepit operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma
Snakepit operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma
Snakepit operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma
ArtistAmerican, born 1949
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Snakepit operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma
  • from the series Diesels and Dinosaurs
Date1972
Place depictedSayre, Oklahoma, United States
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 9 5/8 × 11 1/4 in. (24.4 × 28.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 15/16 × 13 7/8 in. (27.8 × 35.2 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund, The Manfred Heiting Collection
Object number2002.1045
Non exposé

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Department
Photography
Object Type
ProvenanceThe artist; [Paul Kopeiken Gallery, Los Angeles]; purchased by Manfred Heiting, September 17, 1993; purchased by MFAH, 2002.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso above signature in pencil " 'Snakepit operator, Highway 66, Sayre, Oklahoma' / 1972"
verso lower center in pencil "Steve Fitch"

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