Sandia Motel, Highway 66, Albuquerque, New Mexico; August, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Blue Swallow Motel, Hwy.66, Tucumcari, New Mexico; July, 1990
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Texan Motel, Highway 64, Raton, New Mexico; December 19, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Siesta Motel, Highway 66, Moriarty, New Mexico, March 29, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Arrow Motel, Highway 84, Espanola, New Mexico, March 23, 1982
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
El Kapp Motel, Highway 64, Raton, New Mexico; December 19, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
On the Tucson to Nogales highway, Greyhound Motel, Tucson, Arizona; December 30,
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Lillian Redman, Blue Swallow Motel, Rt. 66, Tucumcari, New Mexico; July, 1990
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
It'll Do Motel, Highway 66, Grants, New Mexico, January 11, 1982
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada. Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto.
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada. Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto.
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas - Mid Century
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage mid-century motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada. Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto.
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Sign, Highway 101, Ukiah, California
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
His images capture the essence of the classic American highway in neon, motel signs, drive-ins and roadside attractions.
Archival Pigment
Island Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey - Sunset, American Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 2013 'Wildwood Days' series, this captures the stylish silhouette of one of the iconic Motel signs in the historic Doo-Wop town of Wildwood at sunset.
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
$4,640Sale Price|20% Off
Mid- Century Star View Motel Fremont Street Las Vegas, Landscape Photography
By Mitchell Funk
Located in Miami, FL
Man painting vintage motel sign in Las Vegas, Nevada. Signed, dated and numbered 2/15 lower right recto.
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Inkjet
Roy's Motel Route 66, Amboy, California - Landscape Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
This view of Roy's Motel emphasises the space age Googie style of both the building and the iconic Motel sign.
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Roy's Motel Route 66, Amboy, California - Landscape Color Photo
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
This view of Roy's Motel emphasises the space age Googie style of both the building and the iconic Motel sign.
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Mango Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey - Doo Wop America Color Photography
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Part of Richard Heeps 2013 'Wildwood Days' series, this captures one of the iconic Motel signs in the historic Doo-Wop town of Wildwood.
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Sign on I-40 West of Tucumcari, New Mexico, July, 1990
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
$8,800
"Homestead" - Impressionist Midwestern Landscape and Skyscape, Oil Painting
By Stephanie Hartshorn
Located in Denver, CO
From iconic barns, fields and criss-crossing power lines to motel signs and carnival rides, Hartshorn captures the strength of the American West unlike any other artist working today.
Oil, Wood Panel
"One Last Town Before Nightfall" (2023) By Stephanie Hartshorn, Oil Painting
By Stephanie Hartshorn
Located in Denver, CO
From iconic barns, fields and criss-crossing power lines to motel signs and carnival rides, Hartshorn captures the strength of the American West unlike any other artist working today.
Oil, Wood Panel
Bob Dylan, "Motel Pool, " hand signed
By Bob Dylan
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a giclee on Hahnemuhle 350gsm Museum paper, created by Bob Dylan in 2013. It is from Dylan's series entitled The Drawn Blank Series. Bob Dylan is known as one of the mo...
Giclée
$6,400
"Presence" (2024) By Stephanie Hartshorn, Original Landscape Oil Painting
By Stephanie Hartshorn
Located in Denver, CO
From iconic barns, fields and criss-crossing power lines to motel signs and carnival rides, Hartshorn captures the strength of the American West unlike any other artist working today.
Oil, Wood Panel
$4,800
"Connection" (2024) by Stephanie Hartshorn, Original Cityscape Oil Painting
By Stephanie Hartshorn
Located in Denver, CO
From iconic barns, fields and criss-crossing power lines to motel signs and carnival rides, Hartshorn captures the strength of the American West unlike any other artist working today.
Wood, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel
Set of Three Framed Pop Art Color Blue Sky American Sign Photographs
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Roy's Motel Sign, Route 66, Amboy, California, 2001. Swim-in-Pool Supply Co.
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Circle Drive-In, Waco, Texas
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
His images capture the essence of the classic American highway in neon, motel signs, drive-ins and roadside attractions.
Silver Gelatin
Wastwater from Whinn Rigg, Cumbria, England
By Edward Ranney
Located in Sante Fe, NM
His images capture the essence of the classic American highway in neon, motel signs, drive-ins and roadside attractions.
Silver Gelatin
River Lune, Cumbria, England
By Edward Ranney
Located in Sante Fe, NM
His images capture the essence of the classic American highway in neon, motel signs, drive-ins and roadside attractions.
Silver Gelatin
Set of Four Framed Pop Art Color Blue Sky American Sign Photographs
By Richard Heeps
Located in Cambridge, GB
Pink Champagne Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey, 2013 Sundowner Sign, Salton Sea, California, 2003 Roy's Motel Sign, Route 66, Amboy, California, 2001 Swim-in-Pool Supply Co.
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Silver Gelatin
Seligman, Arizona; April 15, 2022
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Highway 281, Red Cloud, Nebraska; June 3, 2021
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Highway 66, Holbrook, Arizona; July 16, 2022
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Highway50, Wells, Nevada; September 14, 2018
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Highway 66, Peach Springs, Arizona; April 10, 2022
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Highway 93, Boulder City, Nevada; April 12, 2022
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Highway 66, Holbrook, Arizona; April 16, 2022
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Highway 50, Wells, Nevada; September 14, 2018
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Highway 50, Wells, Nevada; September 14, 2018 (Shell Crest)
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Highway 50, Elko, Nevada; September 14, 2018
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Highway 14, Dayton, Wyoming; June 7, 2021
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Highway 50, Green River, Utah; September 27, 2019
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
"Brinton Barn" - Impressionist Midwestern Still-Life and Skyscape, Oil Painting
By Stephanie Hartshorn
Located in Denver, CO
From iconic barns, fields and criss-crossing power lines to motel signs and carnival rides, Hartshorn captures the strength of the American West unlike any other artist working today.
Oil, Wood Panel
"Irving's" (2014) By Stephanie Hartshorn, Original Oil Painting
By Stephanie Hartshorn
Located in Denver, CO
From iconic barns, fields and criss-crossing power lines to motel signs and carnival rides, Hartshorn captures the strength of the American West unlike any other artist working today.
Oil, Wood Panel
"Green Windows" (2025), Original Impressionist Still-Life, Oil Painting on Paper
By Hazel Z Weckbach
Located in Denver, CO
Hazel Z Weckbach's "Motel" is an original, hand-made oil painting that depicts an intersection, the focus being on a motel sign on the corner.
Oil, Panel
Radio Tower near Sudan, Texas; October 18, 2010
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Radio Tower on the Llano Estacado near Umbarger, Texas; March 11, 2005
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Prairie Drive-in theater, Dumas, Texas, January 9, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Prairie Drive-In Theater, Dumas, Texas; July, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Radio Tower between Trujillo & Las Vegas, New Mexico, September 9, 2006
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Ft. Union Drive-In Theater, Las Vegas, New Mexico; July 12, 1982
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Abandoned Truck Stop, Winnemucca, Nevada; June 19, 1984
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Oassis Court, Benson, Arizona; December 3, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Dinosaur, Colorado; March 16, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Circle Drive-in theater, Waco, Texas; January 7, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Highway 66, Chambliss, California, February, 1986
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Drive-in theater, Van Horn, Texas;January 2, 1981
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Star-Vu Drive-in theater, Longmont, Colorado; July, 1980
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Utah and Colorado state line, Highway 50; October 16, 1982
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Jaguar with a rattlesnake tail petroglyph, Three Rivers, New Mexico; January 10,
By Steve Fitch
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Vanishing Vernacular features a selection of color works by photographer Steve Fitch focusing primarily on the distinctive, idiosyncratic, and evolving features of the western roadsi...
Archival Pigment
Contemporary portrait "Checkpoint for Burned-Out Souls"
By Nataliya Bagatskaya
Located in Zofingen, AG
Two enigmatic figures enhance the mystery—one stands near the booth, while the other walks toward a distant motel sign, suggesting a deeper narrative. The composition creates a strik...
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic
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