Opus 40 and the Quarryman's Museum

High Woods
Saugerties, NY, 12477
914-246-3400

URL : http://www.opus40.org

overview : About one hundred miles from New York City, tucked in a pocket of the Catskills in the township of Saugerties, New York, lies one of the most extraordinary pieces of sculpture ever created by a single man. - The work is an immense composition of finely fitted stone, rising in ramps and swirling terraces around pools and trees and fountains out of the rock bed of an abandoned bluestone quarry. It spreads out over more than six acres.

collections : In the early seventies Fite took time out from Opus 40 to build a museum to house his collection of quarryman's tools and artifacts - a fascinating tour through the history of the area and the skills of its workingmen.

topics : new, york, mining, sculpture, geology