Wesley David Archer
Just as he left the burning plane

Just as he left the burning plane
Just as he left the burning plane
Just as he left the burning plane
ArtistAmerican, 1892–1955
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Just as he left the burning plane
  • from the publication Death in the Air: The War Diary and Photographs of a Flying Corps Pilot
Datec. 1933
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 11 1/4 × 9 in. (28.6 × 22.9 cm)
 Sheet: 11 1/4 × 9 in. (28.6 × 22.9 cm)
 Mat: 20 × 16 in. (50.8 × 40.6 cm)
 Frame (outer): 20 5/8 × 16 5/8 × 1 3/4 in. (52.3 × 42.2 × 4.4 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Robert Cavnar, Michael F. Curran, Frank J. Hevrdejs, and Bill Porter at "One Great Night in November, 2005"
Object number2005.1078
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Provenance[Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco]; purchased by MFAH, 2005.
Exhibition History"WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 11 November, 2012 - 3 February, 2013.

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