Joel STERNFELD (born 1944)
McLean, Virginia, December 4, 1978

Dye transfer print, 1978, printed 1985.
Image 15 in. x 19-1/2 in., sheet 16-1/2 x 21 in., unmounted.
Signed, titled and dated by the artist on the verso.
In pristine condition.

Sternfeld, following a tradition tracing back to Timothy O'Sullivan and William Henry Jackson, chronicles man's place in the American landscape. This iconic image, published in his first book, American Prospects, juxtaposes the foredrop of the rustic farm market, depicting "a simple truth of place," against the ironic orange flames erupting from the house roof, which somehow make social comment on the broken orange pumpkins.

Published: American Prospects: Photographs by Joel Sternfeld, San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994, no. 28.

Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist.

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