Welcome to Opus 40

Opus 40 is a monumental environmental sculpture rising out of an abandoned bluestone quarry at the foot of Overlook Mountain in Saugerties, New York. It is all the work of one man: the sculptor Harvey Fite. Extending over more than six acres, with thousands of tons of exquisitely laid dry stone walling, Opus 40 is one of the most extraordinary attractions in the Hudson Valley.

Opus 40 Inc, founded in 1978 by Fite’s widow, Barbara, now comprises Opus 4o, Fite’s 6.5 acre sculpture, as well as 63 acres of meadows, forested quarry trails, and historic buildings like the Fite House, Fite’s home and original studio, and the Quarryman’s Museum, his homage to local quarrymen.

Acknowledged among the very first Land Art earthworks, Opus 40 has also been a rock in the music scene of the Woodstock area for nearly half a century. During our open season, we host a diverse lineup of events including concerts, nature walks, stonemasonry workshops, and wellness classes.

We hope you’ll come visit us this season, Opus 40 is really an extraordinary site to behold.

“a work which is both proof of and metaphor for human aspiration…Opus 40 evidences both the impulse to make art on a grand scale and the desire to participate in the creative reclamation of landscape.”

– Probing the Earth: Contemporary Land Projects, Hirshhorn Museum