Larry Schwarm
Wheat Stubble Fire, Eastern Colorado
1991
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Larry Schwarm
Wheat Stubble Fire, Eastern Colorado
1991
Physical Qualities
Chromogenic print, Sheet: 736 × 736 mm. (29 × 29 in.)
Framed: 43 5/16 × 39 × 1 5/8 in. (1100 × 990 × 42 mm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy and Tom O'Neil, Baltimore
Object Number
2013.348
The fiery blaze in this image, which shows a controlled burn in a wheat field in Colorado in 1992, carries an apocalyptic feeling. Photographer Larry Schwarm intended this image as a comment on the disappearance of traditional farming practices and the precipitous destruction of formerly extensive grasslands in the American prairie.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2013; Tom and Nancy O'Neil, Baltimore, by purchase, 2004; Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco
Kristen Hileman, BMA, "New Arrivals: Photographs from the O'Neil Collection," September 30, 2015 - March 27, 2016.
Andaleeb Banta and Leslie Cozzi, Baltimore Museum of Art, "Engaging the Elements: Poetry in Nature," September 17, 2025 - February 8, 2026.
Andaleeb Banta and Leslie Cozzi, Baltimore Museum of Art, "Engaging the Elements: Poetry in Nature," September 17, 2025 - February 8, 2026.
