Opus 40

Created by hand over four decades by visionary artist and Bard College professor Harvey Fite, Opus 40 is a 6.5 acre earthwork made of finely fitted bluestone, rising out of an abandoned quarry at the foot of Overlook Mountain in Saugerties, NY. Inspired by the legacy of local quarrying and ancient Mayan and Aztec stonework learned through his travels, Fite framed his stonework sculpture with the surrounding woods and meadows and mountains, ensuring the local ecosystem would always be central to his work.