Khoury League Baseball Field, 2900 Illinois Avenue, East St. Louis, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Photography and Media

Artist

Joel Sternfeld

Title

Khoury League Baseball Field, 2900 Illinois Avenue, East St. Louis, from the series "On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam"

Place

United States (Artist's nationality:)

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Made 1993

Medium

Chromogenic print

Edition

1 of 7

Inscriptions

Unmarked recto; inscribed verso, on mount, along bottom edge, in black ink: "JS.223.0 1/7 Khoury League Baseball Field, 2900 Illinois Avenue, East St. Louis, August 1993 N-August 1993 / P-September 1996 Joel Sternfeld" On June 22, 1991, Roderick Fisher, a sixteen-year-old Little League umpire, made a call that angered Curtis Fair, a thirty-one-year-old coach. After being thrown out of the game, Fair returned with a revolver. He fired four shots at Fisher but did not hit him. Curtis Fair was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to twelve years in prison. From the series, On This Site: Landscape in Memoriam

Dimensions

Image/paper: 47.3 × 59.8 cm (18 5/8 × 23 9/16 in.); Mount: 63.2 × 76.5 cm (24 15/16 × 30 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Jeanne and Richard S. Press

Reference Number

1998.850

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